biology
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This Worm Has 100 Butts
In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir—a horse with many…
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Netflix Awake Horror Trailer: Gina Rodriguez Can’t Sleep
See, if Gina Rodriguez had gotten some sleep she’d remember you don’t hold guns that way.Screenshot: Netflix Trailer FrenzyA special…
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Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear Hybrids May Be Growing More Common Because of the Climate Crisis
Image: Guy Clavel/AFP and Dani Pozo/AFP (Getty Images) What do you get when you cross a polar bear and a…
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Chimeric Human-Monkey Embryos Kept Alive for a Record 19 Days
A chimeric human-monkey blastocyst. Building on previous experiments, an international team of scientists has created chimeric human-monkey embryos, which were…
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Geneticists Get Closer to a Complete Axolotl Genome
An axolotl in a regenerative therapy lab in Dresden in 2015.Photo: ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP (Getty Images) Its adorableness aside, the Mexican…
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Early Humans Were Walking Around With Ape-Like Brains, Study Finds
One of the Dmanisi skulls on exhibit in Leiden in 2009.Photo: VALERIE KUYPERS/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) Humans can…
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A Toxin From Blue-Green Algae Can Go Airborne, Study Finds
A blue-green algae bloom documented along the St. Lucie River in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on July 5, 2016. Photo:…
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These Mutant Rabbits Walk on Two Legs, and Geneticists Now Know Why
A sauteur d’Alfort rabbit walking on its front feet, the result of a genetic mutation.Photo: S. Boucher An entire lineage…
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Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified
Photo: Doug Pensinger (Getty Images) In a new study out Thursday, scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of a neurological…
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