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Can You Overdose On Weed?

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3 months ago

Can You Overdose On Weed?

Daniel Kolitz

It Could Take Decades For The Ocean Floor To Recover From Deep Sea Mining

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3 months ago

It Could Take Decades For The Ocean Floor To Recover From Deep Sea Mining

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Do We Have Butts?

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3 months ago

Why Do We Have Butts?

Daniel Kolitz

Viruses Make Us Question What It Means To Be Alive

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4 months ago

Viruses Make Us Question What It Means To Be Alive

George Dvorsky

When Scientists Gave MDMA To Octopuses, The Results Were Profound

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4 months ago

When Scientists Gave MDMA To Octopuses, The Results Were Profound

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Freaky Spiral Thing Is Alive

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4 months ago

This Freaky Spiral Thing Is Alive

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How An 18th Century Explorer Can Help Us Understand The Algorithms Taking Over Our World

4 months ago

How An 18th Century Explorer Can Help Us Understand The Algorithms Taking Over Our World

Giacomo Bagarella

Scientists Find Evidence Of Deep-Sea Fish Migration Route

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4 months ago

Scientists Find Evidence Of Deep-Sea Fish Migration Route

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Mapping All Cells In The Human Body

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5 months ago

Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Mapping All Cells In The Human Body

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Life Is Thriving 2,600 Feet Beneath The Seafloor

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5 months ago

Life Is Thriving 2,600 Feet Beneath The Seafloor

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Put Trackers On Cats To Reveal The Extent Of Their Ecological Destruction

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5 months ago

Scientists Put Trackers On Cats To Reveal The Extent Of Their Ecological Destruction

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Bizarre Discovery Reveals Chlamydia-Like Bacteria Beneath The Arctic Seafloor

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5 months ago

Bizarre Discovery Reveals Chlamydia-Like Bacteria Beneath The Arctic Seafloor

George Dvorsky

Hundreds Of Critically Endangered Vultures Killed In Possible Poisoning

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5 months ago

Hundreds Of Critically Endangered Vultures Killed In Possible Poisoning

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Female Biologists Bring Much-Needed Perspective To Science

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5 months ago

Female Biologists Bring Much-Needed Perspective To Science

Hannah Thomasy

Scientists Create Snapshot Of How The New Coronavirus Latches Onto Human Cells

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5 months ago

Scientists Create Snapshot Of How The New Coronavirus Latches Onto Human Cells

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

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5 months ago

Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

George Dvorsky

Cat Food Foils Scientists

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5 months ago

Cat Food Foils Scientists

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Your Dog’s Ice-Cold Nose May Be A Sensor For Detecting Heat At Distance

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5 months ago

Your Dog’s Ice-Cold Nose May Be A Sensor For Detecting Heat At Distance

George Dvorsky

Solar Storms Could Confuse Whales And Cause Mass Strandings

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6 months ago

Solar Storms Could Confuse Whales And Cause Mass Strandings

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Birds Learned To Avoid Yucky Food By Watching Videos On The Computer

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6 months ago

These Birds Learned To Avoid Yucky Food By Watching Videos On The Computer

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Create Atomic-Level Image Of The New Coronavirus’ Potential Achilles Heel

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6 months ago

Scientists Create Atomic-Level Image Of The New Coronavirus’ Potential Achilles Heel

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Crows Evolved Into A New Species, Boned The Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

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6 months ago

These Crows Evolved Into A New Species, Boned The Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Meet Iowa’s 400,000 Year Old Living Fossil

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6 months ago

Meet Iowa’s 400,000 Year Old Living Fossil

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Turned A Normal Jellyfish Into A Speedy Cyborg Jellyfish

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6 months ago

Scientists Turned A Normal Jellyfish Into A Speedy Cyborg Jellyfish

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Bird Went Extinct, Then Evolution Recreated It

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6 months ago

This Bird Went Extinct, Then Evolution Recreated It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Using A DNA-Based ‘Computer,’ Scientists Get The Square Root Of 900

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7 months ago

Using A DNA-Based ‘Computer,’ Scientists Get The Square Root Of 900

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Describe Trove Of New Bird Species On Indonesian Islands

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7 months ago

Scientists Describe Trove Of New Bird Species On Indonesian Islands

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Are Whales Big, But Not Bigger?

Science & Health

8 months ago

Why Are Whales Big, But Not Bigger?

M. Savoca and J. Goldbogen and N. Pyenson

A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

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8 months ago

A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

Benjamin Mayne

Scientists Sequence The Genome Of America’s Famous Extinct Parakeet

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8 months ago

Scientists Sequence The Genome Of America’s Famous Extinct Parakeet

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Examining How Primates Make Vowel Sounds Pushes Timeline For Speech Evolution Back By 27 Million Years

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8 months ago

Examining How Primates Make Vowel Sounds Pushes Timeline For Speech Evolution Back By 27 Million Years

Thomas R. Sawallis and Louis-Jean Boë

Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

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8 months ago

Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

Jacob Blokland

New NYC Law Would Require New Buildings To Have Bird-Friendly Windows

Science & Health

8 months ago

New NYC Law Would Require New Buildings To Have Bird-Friendly Windows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

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8 months ago

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

D. Yeates and K. Hogendoorn and M. Sanders

Humans Alone Were Responsible For This Big Atlantic Seabird’s Extinction, New Evidence Shows

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9 months ago

Humans Alone Were Responsible For This Big Atlantic Seabird’s Extinction, New Evidence Shows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Sterilisation Breakdown Potentially Exposes Nearly 1,200 Patients To Infectious Diseases

Science & Health

9 months ago

Sterilisation Breakdown Potentially Exposes Nearly 1,200 Patients To Infectious Diseases

George Dvorsky

I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

Science & Health

9 months ago

I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Deep-Sea Vents Might Solve Mystery Of Ancient Ocean Carbon

Science & Health

9 months ago

Deep-Sea Vents Might Solve Mystery Of Ancient Ocean Carbon

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Stunning Fossil Discovery Uncovers The Second-Most Primitive Flying Bird

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9 months ago

Stunning Fossil Discovery Uncovers The Second-Most Primitive Flying Bird

George Dvorsky

DNA Could Be One Of A Million Possible Genetic Molecules

Science & Health

9 months ago

DNA Could Be One Of A Million Possible Genetic Molecules

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Do Fish Sleep?

Science & Health

9 months ago

How Do Fish Sleep?

Culum Brown

Some Animals Pause Their Own Pregnancies, But How They Do It Is Still A Mystery

Science & Health

9 months ago

Some Animals Pause Their Own Pregnancies, But How They Do It Is Still A Mystery

Jane Fenelon

Why Do Placebos ‘Work’?

Science & Health

9 months ago

Why Do Placebos ‘Work’?

Daniel Kolitz

Scientists Find New Crustacean Species Living In Whale Shark’s Gills

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9 months ago

Scientists Find New Crustacean Species Living In Whale Shark’s Gills

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Migrating Eagles Accidentally Racked Up Enormous Phone Bill

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9 months ago

These Migrating Eagles Accidentally Racked Up Enormous Phone Bill

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Incredible New Fossils Show How Quickly Mammals Took Over After Dinosaur Extinction

Science & Health

10 months ago

Incredible New Fossils Show How Quickly Mammals Took Over After Dinosaur Extinction

George Dvorsky

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Science & Health

10 months ago

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

Science & Health

10 months ago

Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Science & Health

10 months ago

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Science & Health

10 months ago

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Tom McKay

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Science & Health

10 months ago

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

Science & Health

10 months ago

2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

Ed Cara

Newly Identified Electric Eel Species Is Most Shocking Animal Ever

Science & Health

11 months ago

Newly Identified Electric Eel Species Is Most Shocking Animal Ever

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What’s The Best Medicine?

Science & Health

11 months ago

What’s The Best Medicine?

Daniel Kolitz

Scientists Discover New Beaked Whale Species Off Japanese Coast

Science & Health

11 months ago

Scientists Discover New Beaked Whale Species Off Japanese Coast

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How I Tried To Sell The ‘Healing’ Crystals In My Ears

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11 months ago

How I Tried To Sell The ‘Healing’ Crystals In My Ears

Eleanor Cummins

Crows Get Higher Cholesterol From Eating Our Cheeseburgers

Science & Health

12 months ago

Crows Get Higher Cholesterol From Eating Our Cheeseburgers

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Which Animal Will Develop Human-Level Intelligence In The Future?

Science & Health

12 months ago

Which Animal Will Develop Human-Level Intelligence In The Future?

Daniel Kolitz

Nah Or Aww? Human-Size Penguins Once Waddled Across New Zealand

Science & Health

12 months ago

Nah Or Aww? Human-Size Penguins Once Waddled Across New Zealand

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Can You Laugh To Death?

Science & Health

12 months ago

Can You Laugh To Death?

Daniel Kolitz

Timid, Secretive, Mildly Venomous Snake Missing At American Zoo In The Middle Of A Thunderstorm

Science & Health

1 year ago

Timid, Secretive, Mildly Venomous Snake Missing At American Zoo In The Middle Of A Thunderstorm

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How To Stop Seagulls From Stealing Your Food Or At Least Make Them Feel Guilty About It

Science & Health

1 year ago

How To Stop Seagulls From Stealing Your Food Or At Least Make Them Feel Guilty About It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Deadly Germ Lab Shut Down Due To Sloppy Work, Leaky Equipment

Science & Health

1 year ago

Deadly Germ Lab Shut Down Due To Sloppy Work, Leaky Equipment

George Dvorsky

Scientists Discover New Bug Species Because Of Its Weird Dick

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1 year ago

Scientists Discover New Bug Species Because Of Its Weird Dick

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Turtle Embryos May Be Able To Choose Their Own Sex, Study Finds

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1 year ago

Turtle Embryos May Be Able To Choose Their Own Sex, Study Finds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Japan Approves Scientist’s Plan To Create World’s First Humanimals

Science & Health

1 year ago

Japan Approves Scientist’s Plan To Create World’s First Humanimals

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Tiny Fossil Tooth Found In The Amazon May Have Come From Ancient, Baseball-Size Monkey

Science & Health

1 year ago

Tiny Fossil Tooth Found In The Amazon May Have Come From Ancient, Baseball-Size Monkey

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Did This Egg Get ‘Bigger Than Before’?

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1 year ago

How Did This Egg Get ‘Bigger Than Before’?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Gull Embryos Might Communicate With Each Other Through Their Eggshells

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1 year ago

Gull Embryos Might Communicate With Each Other Through Their Eggshells

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Find A New Kind Of Cell That Helps Heal The Heart

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1 year ago

Scientists Find A New Kind Of Cell That Helps Heal The Heart

Ed Cara

A Blackbird Blowing ‘Smoke’ Rings Wins Top Prize At The 2019 Audubon Photography Awards

Science & Health

1 year ago

A Blackbird Blowing ‘Smoke’ Rings Wins Top Prize At The 2019 Audubon Photography Awards

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient DNA Helps Trace The Origin Of Domestic Cattle

Science & Health

1 year ago

Ancient DNA Helps Trace The Origin Of Domestic Cattle

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Fossilised Teeth Suggest Some Ancient Crocodiles Were Vegetarians

Science & Health

1 year ago

Fossilised Teeth Suggest Some Ancient Crocodiles Were Vegetarians

George Dvorsky

Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds But Could Still Haul Arse Like An Ostrich

Science & Health

1 year ago

Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds But Could Still Haul Arse Like An Ostrich

George Dvorsky

How Scientists Filmed A Giant Squid In North American Waters For The First Time

Science & Health

1 year ago

How Scientists Filmed A Giant Squid In North American Waters For The First Time

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Even The Flies Inside Hospitals Carry Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Science & Health

1 year ago

Even The Flies Inside Hospitals Carry Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

George Dvorsky

Odd Skull In Museum Finally Confirmed As A Narhwal-Beluga Hybrid

Science & Health

1 year ago

Odd Skull In Museum Finally Confirmed As A Narhwal-Beluga Hybrid

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

No, Using A Mobile Phone Isn’t Causing You To Grow A Horn

Science & Health

1 year ago

No, Using A Mobile Phone Isn’t Causing You To Grow A Horn

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Meet The New King Of Trilobites, R. Rex

Science & Health

1 year ago

Meet The New King Of Trilobites, R. Rex

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A Norwegian City Wants To Abolish Time

Science & Health

1 year ago

A Norwegian City Wants To Abolish Time

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Huge, Shaggy Head Of 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Unearthed In Siberia

Science & Health

1 year ago

Huge, Shaggy Head Of 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Unearthed In Siberia

George Dvorsky

What Makes Things Slimy?

Science & Health

1 year ago

What Makes Things Slimy?

Daniel Kolitz

This Compact System Lets Scientists See Biological Molecules In A Whole New Way

Science & Health

1 year ago

This Compact System Lets Scientists See Biological Molecules In A Whole New Way

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Human Microbiome Project Reveals Intimate Links Between Gut Bacteria And Preterm Pregnancies, IBD, And More

Science & Health

1 year ago

Human Microbiome Project Reveals Intimate Links Between Gut Bacteria And Preterm Pregnancies, IBD, And More

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Man Takes First-Ever Photo Of Living Colombian Weasel After Finding It Standing On His Toilet

Science & Health

1 year ago

Man Takes First-Ever Photo Of Living Colombian Weasel After Finding It Standing On His Toilet

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish

Science & Health

1 year ago

Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish

George Dvorsky

Camera Trap Snaps Photo Of First Known Albino Giant Panda

Science & Health

1 year ago

Camera Trap Snaps Photo Of First Known Albino Giant Panda

George Dvorsky

What’s The Horniest Animal?

Science & Health

1 year ago

What’s The Horniest Animal?

Daniel Kolitz

How Does A Chimpanzee Eat A Tortoise? By Smashing It Like A Coconut

Science & Health

1 year ago

How Does A Chimpanzee Eat A Tortoise? By Smashing It Like A Coconut

George Dvorsky

How Are Doves And Sparrows Ending Up Inside Baby Sharks?

Science & Health

1 year ago

How Are Doves And Sparrows Ending Up Inside Baby Sharks?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Breakthrough Means We Can Finally Detect The Colour Red In Ancient Fossils

Science & Health

1 year ago

New Breakthrough Means We Can Finally Detect The Colour Red In Ancient Fossils

George Dvorsky

This Is Easily The Best Correction In Science Publishing This Month

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1 year ago

This Is Easily The Best Correction In Science Publishing This Month

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Create E. Coli With Entirely Synthetic Genome

Science & Health

1 year ago

Scientists Create E. Coli With Entirely Synthetic Genome

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Feral Parrots Are Taking Over America

Science & Health

1 year ago

Feral Parrots Are Taking Over America

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Can We Stop The Collapse Of Nature?

Science & Health

1 year ago

How Can We Stop The Collapse Of Nature?

Brian Kahn

Analysis Of Ancient DNA Suggests Finnish And Estonian Languages Came From Siberia

Science & Health

1 year ago

Analysis Of Ancient DNA Suggests Finnish And Estonian Languages Came From Siberia

George Dvorsky

Some Deep-Sea Fish Can See Colour In Near Total Darkness

Science & Health

1 year ago

Some Deep-Sea Fish Can See Colour In Near Total Darkness

George Dvorsky

Nanoparticle ISS Experiment Could Lead To New Anti-Ageing Therapies

Science & Health

1 year ago

Nanoparticle ISS Experiment Could Lead To New Anti-Ageing Therapies

George Dvorsky

Will There Ever Be New Colours That We Can See?

Science & Health

1 year ago

Will There Ever Be New Colours That We Can See?

Daniel Kolitz

Evidence Of Arsenic-Breathing Microbial Life Found In Pacific Ocean

Science & Health

1 year ago

Evidence Of Arsenic-Breathing Microbial Life Found In Pacific Ocean

George Dvorsky