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Biology

Chemicals in the Blood Could Warn of Suicidal Thoughts

Preliminary work has found chemical signs, hidden in the blood, of peoples’ internal struggles

Hide And Seek Might Be Good for Kids’ Brains

By switching perspectives from hider to seeker, kids get experience in putting themselves in someone else’s shoes

How Typhoid Mary Stayed Healthy

Researchers think a potential therapy could be developed that blocks the bacteria’s ability to divide and produce symptomatic typhoid

A depiction of what the biobulb will look like

Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

One Day We’ll Light Our Homes With Bacteria

Genetically engineered E. coli housed within a bulb-like casing can produce bioluminescence, the student think, creating the Biobulb

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This Underwater Expedition Is the Only Live Stream You Need to Watch Today

Right now, the Okeanos Explorer has a rover in the water about 600 meters below the ocean. You can join it by watching this live stream

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This Mako Shark Had a Sea Lion’s Head in Its Stomach

Take a trip inside the stomach of a 1,300 pound mako shark

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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

The End of the Henrietta Lacks Saga?

The U.S. National Institutes of Health created an agreement with the Lacks family regarding access to the HeLa genome

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Watch This Mosquito’s Mouth Wriggle Around in Search of Blood

It’s easy to think of a mosquito’s mouth as a needle, lancing your flesh to find a drink. But that’s not the whole story

Many marine creatures, including whale sharks, are expect to move closer to the planet’s poles as the ocean waters warm because of climate change.

Climate Change Is Sending Marine Life to the Poles in Search of Colder Waters

As the world warms because of climate change, marine animals are moving for the colder waters near the poles

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Why Are Norway’s Moose Balding?

Moose are some of the most majestic creatures around, and now they’re going bald

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The Brains of People With Walking Corpse Syndrome Might Actually Be Shutting Down

People with Walking Corps Syndrome, also called Cotard’s syndrome, feel as though they are dead

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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

Now We Know Just How Herpes Infects Human Cells

Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments

How Loudly Does a Snail Slither?

What if you could block all that sound out, and listen to the tiniest sounds?

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Should Doctors Wait a Little Longer to Cut Umbilical Cords?

The cutting of the umbilical cord is the only surgery that every human alive has gone through. But when is the right time to cut that cord?

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Climate Change Is Creating Cannibal Lobsters

Warming water means more lobsters—and lobster cannibalism

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Live in the Hudson River

A piece of news that might keep you out of the water: researchers recently found antibiotic resistant bacteria

In Bacon Therapy, the Meat Isn’t for You: It’s for the Bugs Eating Your Skin

Bacon therapy might sound like an awesome thing. It is not

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Nobel Prize Winners Are Put to the Task of Drawing Their Discoveries

Volker Steger photographs Nobel laureates posing with sketches of their breakthrough findings

An English Town Had to Dye This Beautiful Lagoon Black to Get People to Stop Swimming in It

The lagoon is so blue it attracts visitors from all over. The problem is that the lagoon is incredibly toxic.

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The Macabre Beauty of Medical Photographs

An artist-scientist duo shares nearly 100 images of modern art with a ghastly twist—they’re all close-ups of human diseases and other ailments

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