One-third of Americans admit that they don't wash their hands after using the...
Public restrooms are covered in fecal bacteria that launches from the toilet when you flush.The CDC recommends you wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds to stay clean.While you should wash...
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Fascinating photos show how drastically some popular dog breeds have changed...
Dogs have been our furry companions for thousands of years, but they didn't always look the way they do today.Many well-known dog breeds have changed a lot physically in the last century, thanks to...
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Elon Musk finally took the wraps off his new brain microchip company that...
Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. When he's not busy running those companies, he's also the CEO of Neuralink — a neurotechnology startup that plans to implant devices into human brains starting...
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Elephants can smell quantity, a study suggests. It's a new level of olfactory...
A small study of Asian elephants has found that the animals can pick out larger quantities of seeds using just their sense of smell.The elephants could smell the difference between piles of 150 versus...
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How to pet a cat, according to science: Offer choices and respect boundaries
Human affection can be overwhelming for cats: Like their ancestors, modern-day cats aren't always social.Many cats enjoy being stroked, but some merely tolerate petting without enjoying it.Providing...
View ArticleOctopuses are officially the weirdest animals on Earth
Octopuses have blue blood, can change colors, and regrow their tentacles. Octopuses and their close coleoid relatives have a unique ability to edit significant amounts of their RNA.RNA is sort of like...
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The reason some people are left-handed could have nothing to do with the brain
Tuesday August 13 is International Lefthanders Day.About 10% of the population is left-handed.There have been several theories over the years about why some people favor their left hand.A study...
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Everything you need to know about PyTorch, the world's fastest-growing AI...
PyTorch, an artificial intelligence project started by Facebook engineers, has become the second fastest-growing open source project in the world, according to GitHub — and the fastest-growing AI...
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The world's first gene-edited reptile is a finger-sized albino lizard
Scientists have used Crispr technology to genetically edit a reptile for the first time.A new study describes how the team tweaked the genes of 146 brown anole lizard embryos.The scientists created...
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Elon Musk says the difference between human intellect and AI is comparable to...
Elon Musk is the CEO of three companies: Tesla, Neuralink, and SpaceX. The second of those three, Neuralink, is focused on human-computer interfaces for artificial intelligence in people.There's a good...
View ArticleHere's what would happen if all insects on Earth disappeared
Although it's impossible to say exactly what would happen if all insects on Earth suddenly vanished, it's likely that civilization and ecosystems would be in serious trouble. Nitrogen-rich feces would...
View ArticleTicks are spreading across the US and and so are the dangerous diseases they...
Ticks are talented blood suckers. Once they find a secluded spot on your skin, they use two hook-like structures to tear into your flesh. Then they insert a barbed straw and get to work. Ticks transmit...
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A $4.8 billion biotech wants to trade its expertise for equity in startups...
This week, the startup hub Y Combinator and the $4.8 billion company Ginkgo Bioworks unveiled a new partnership aimed at giving startups access to tools to make materials from living things.Ginkgo was...
View ArticleWhat's really going on inside an insect-munching venus flytrap
Venus flytraps rarely catch flies, despite their name. Instead, they mostly catch spiders, ants, and other critters that can't fly.The trap itself is made of modified leaves containing three trigger...
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The best microscope photos of the year reveal a strange and hidden universe...
The Nikon Small World contest highlights the best microscope images taken each year.The 2019 contest attracted more than 2,000 entries from nearly 100 countries.This year's top image is a picture of a...
View ArticleThe human body replaces millions of cells every day. Here's how much skin,...
The human body can replace 20 million cells in just a few seconds, which means over a lifetime, your body produces a lot of hair, blood, saliva, and skin. Our bodies shed a whole layer of outer skin...
View ArticleA rattlesnake emits its famous warning signal without anything at all...
If you opened up a rattlesnake's rattle, nothing will spill out. That's because it doesn't work like a maraca to make that distinctive sound—instead, the outer shell of the rattle, which is made of...
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A VC who just raised $30 million shares how he's placing his bets on biology...
Zal Bilimoria worked as a product manager at Google, LinkedIn, and Netflix before becoming a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz.In 2015, he branched out on his own, launching an early-stage...
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Photos show how ants escaped a Soviet nuclear-weapons bunker after surviving...
A colony of wood ants trapped in a Soviet nuclear-weapons bunker survived for years on cannibalism.Ants kept falling through a ventilation pipe into the bunker, where they had nothing but corpses to...
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13 fascinating animal species discovered in the last decade, from the...
Scientists estimate that they have not yet identified 86% of species on Earth, and 91% of ocean species.In the last decade, however, they've made some exiting discoveries, including cave-dwelling...
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