A new technique was able to pull tuberculosis bacteria and morphine residue from a letter the author sent in 1938, ten years befor his diagnosis
There has not been a case of the disease in Townsville for four years after the release of insects carrying a naturally occurring bacteria
Researchers measured the brain sizes of 11,554 birds, including representatives of 110 island-dwelling species and 1,821 continental species
Peter Scholze, Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli and Akshay Venkatesh named recipients of award often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics
Temperatures averaged a blistering 108.1 degrees Fahrenheit for the month of July
Researchers say there is less than a one in 50 chance that Paul McCartney composed the melody of "In My Life"
The spinning mass of smoke filmed near Redding, California, is much taller, wider and lasted longer than average fire whirls
Lathering up with orange goo from millipede guts might relieve infections, expel parasites in lemurs
The data shows about 1.5 million acres of forest have been affected by surface and mountaintop mining since the 1970s
The Cerro Esmeralda site, where two human sacrifices were buried, shows traces of cinnabar, a toxic pigment
The Morne du Tamaris Colony on Île aux Cochons has dropped from 2 million to 200,000 birds over 30 years
Some northern quolls do not eat deadly cane toads. New research suggests their aversion is an inherited trait
The scutoid allows skin cells to remain packed tightly together even over curved surfaces
Skeptics cite possibility of ancient samples’ contamination by contemporary organisms
Orra’s paintings and drawings depict the natural world in colorful detail
A new study shows elephants fear bee pheromones, and this fact could keep the pachyderms out of crops
A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
The simulation could help researchers gain new insight into the fossilization process—without having to wait 10,000 years
Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
Think of it as ducky day care
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