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Miraculous Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a Hagfish
If you take a journey into the depths of the slime all around us, you find yourself starting to understand that mucus is a miracle.
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1 year, 11 months ago
How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song
Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments.
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1 year, 11 months ago
Why Short Naps Are Good for You
A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity.
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1 year, 11 months ago
The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.
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1 year, 11 months ago
The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies…
1 year, 11 months ago
Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments ar…
1 year, 11 months ago
Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades
Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations.
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2 years ago
These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt
On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey.
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2 years ago
Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?
Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too.
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2 years ago
Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?
A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan.
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2 years ago