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The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself

The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself

Sep 23, 2025

Sift through your memories and excavate an image of a fossil. Maybe you’re picturing dinosaur bones, the imprint of an ammonite, or the fronds of a fern etched into stone. But there’s a whole other ca...

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Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa

Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa

Sep 22, 2025

Nigeria is home to 100 known species of bats—about a third of Africa’s bat species—but scientists don’t know much about them. Ecologists Iroro Tanshi and Benneth Obitte, collaborators and life partner...

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How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink

How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink

Sep 19, 2025

The overall state of birds can seem rather grim. Almost a third of North American bird species are in decline, and in the last five decades, more than 100 species have lost over half of their populati...

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Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself

Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself

Sep 18, 2025

Codependency between humans gets a bad rap. But in nature, species often rely on each other for survival. While humans think they’re in control of relationships between other species, like dogs and ev...

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If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?

If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?

Sep 17, 2025

You might remember news reporting from earlier this year that a 180-foot asteroid had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. And if it did, it would unleash energy equivalent to hundreds of nucle...

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A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

Sep 16, 2025

It’s common knowledge that many diseases and conditions have some kind of genetic link. But that wasn't always the case. In 1990, long before the Human Genome Project tied so many health issues to dif...

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What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society

What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society

Sep 15, 2025

What makes someone a genius? Are they the smartest, most creative, most innovative people? Those with the highest IQ? Who we consider a genius may actually tell us much more about what we value as a s...

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The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back

The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back

Sep 12, 2025

A video shown on Capitol Hill on September 9 reportedly shows an American hellfire missile attacking and simply bouncing off a UAP (the military term for a UFO). When videos like this come out, specul...

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A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity

A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity

Sep 11, 2025

It all started harmlessly enough: People bought kits to grow mushrooms at home. But then, scientists in the upper Midwest noticed something strange. The golden oyster mushroom, which is not native to ...

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A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail

A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail

Sep 10, 2025

If you’ve flipped through an issue of National Geographic or scrolled through their social media, and caught a stunningly detailed photo of a tiny creature—like one where you can make out the hairs on...

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