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Scientists Gene-Hack Spider to Produce Bright-Red Silk
Researchers used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red…
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RFK Jr. Threatens Wild Ban on How NIH Scientists Can Share Work
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t want government scientists to publish their work in the world’s leading medical journals. In the Ultimate…
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Bees face new threats from wars, street lights and microplastics, scientists warn
War zones, microplastics and street lights are among the emerging threats to the bee population, according to scientists. Bee experts have…
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Doctor responds to RFK claims about autism: "Trying to gaslight the public"
A doctor on TikTok has gone viral in a video countering National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Jay Bhattacharya's claim that…
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Scientist shares unconventional take on astrology—and she won't back down
A researcher has gone viral for calling for an open mind on astrology, and argued for its uses as an observational science. Olivia…
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F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs,…
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Scientists rubbish claims of 'giant structures' underneath Egyptian pyramids
Online claims of "large underground structures" discovered under Egypt's famed pyramids of Giza are unfounded, experts in the field say.…
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What Is Skull Hill? NASA's Mars Rover Spots Mystery Skull-Shape Feature on Red Planet While Scientists Believe Doesn't Belong There
NASA's Mars rover has come across a bizarre and intriguing feature — a mysterious skull-like formation perched on a slope that space…
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Scientists Revive Organism Found Buried at Bottom of Ocean
A team of researchers in Germany have revived algae cells found buried at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, where they'd lain dormant for more…
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Scientists Intrigued by Strange Tunnels Under Africa and the Middle East
In the deserts of Africa and the Middle East, scientists have discovered tiny tubes that appear to have been made by something alive. In a…
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Myanmar's Earthquake: 500-Km Surface Rupture Stuns Scientists, Over 3,000 Dead in Catastrophic Disaster
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar last Friday, leaving widespread destruction and a rising death toll surpassing 3,000.…
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New Coranavirus that Can Cause Another Pandemic Discovered by Wuhan Scientists in China
A newly discovered coronavirus in China has raised fresh concerns over its power to spread among humans and killing them like it did five…
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Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say
Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster…
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NIH cuts put medical research at risk, scientists say, raising concerns at UC and elsewhere
Each year, the National Institutes of Health gives billions of dollars to the University of California to pay for research into cancer,…
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Trump leaves scientists "panicking" as they face research funding cuts
President Trump's threats of federal freezes have left scientists panicking, as they face funding cuts for critical research in areas…
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Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
At an extremely remote Antarctic outpost, scientists have unearthed a pristine sample of our planet's history. It's an ice core 2,800…
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Scientists Discover 27 New Species in Densely Populated Area Packed with 'Mystery' Animals
An expedition with Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program did a species survey of Peru's Alto Mayo Landscape in 2024 The…
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Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains
Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of…
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What Are Mirror Bacteria? Scientists Warn of a Dangerous New Lifeform That Could Wreak Havoc
A recent study has raised alarm about the potential dangers of "mirror bacteria," a synthetic lifeform made from reverse biological…
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Antarctica Is the Canary in the Global Coal Mine, and Scientists Are Terrified
Antarctica is staring down the barrel of a gun, and humans are the ones holding it. Hundreds of concerned scientists came together in…
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Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists
Scientists say there has been an alarming lack of progress in saving nature as the UN biodiversity summit, COP 16, draws to a close. The…
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Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say
Climate change, along with rapid urbanisation and deforestation, turbocharged floods in Nepal that killed more than 240 people last month,…
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Scientists Cracked Open a 2-Billion-Year-Old Stone and Discovered Something Entirely Unexpected
Microbes Rock A very old rock — or rather, what's inside of it —might force scientists to rewrite what we know about the evolution of life…
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Brazilian Scientists Race to Recover Fossils Unearthed by Record Floods
Scientists in Brazil are racing to gather fossils uncovered by recent heavy floods before they are destroyed. In May, record floods washed…