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Glowing mouse noses*
Dec 21, 2015
Ever since the first published anecdotal reports of luminescent rhinaria on some members of the diminutive reindeer subspecies R. tarandus pearyi, the... Read More >
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Turkey wingmen
Nov 20, 2015
Later this week, many of you may gather together with family around a table adorned with a turkey. In a grocery store or on a farm, turkeys are remarkably... Read More >
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Your brain is mutating
Oct 26, 2015
It has long been known that cells acquire mutations over time. In fact, ongoing random mutation rates are such that no two cells in a human body are identical... Read More >
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A new prion disease
Sep 26, 2015
About 50 years ago, scientists made the surprising discovery that some diseases, such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are transmitted by... Read More >
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A bacterial gene to help smokers quit
Aug 20, 2015
Tobacco use represents a major worldwide health problem. Around one fifth of the world's population regularly smokes tobacco and nearly half of these people... Read More >