Game hunters found startlingly ‘neon blue’ flesh inside wild pigs in California in 2025, prompting advisory statements about potential contamination.
“I’m not talking about a little blue,” Dan Burton, owner of a wildlife control company, told…
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These Charcoal-Eating Fungi Flourish After Fires. Uncovering Their Genetic Secrets Could Help Rebuild Burned Ecosystems
Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames
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The Shingles Virus May Be Aging You More Quickly
In 2010, a university lecturer from Colorado started experiencing worrying signs of cognitive decline.
The lecturer—a 63-year-old viral immunologist whose identity has been kept anonymous—suffered alarming symptoms, including impaired memory,…
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Scientists reveal massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami
A long-running dispute about the origin of a North Sea crater has finally been settled, as…
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Teenagers using AI to plan their diets may be eating unhealthy
Using artificial intelligence to plan their diet may be causing teenagers to eat too few…
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Ravens Don’t Just Follow Wolves – They Memorize Kill Sites Across Vast Distances : ScienceAlert
The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology – Odin’s birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god’s canines, a relationship that provided food for all.
The myth has some roots in reality: when wolves have a…
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Seal Brains Hint at Strong Vocal Flexibility, Giving Us Clues to the Origins of Speech
Discover the neural similarities of seals to particularly vocal birds and even humans, suggesting the foundations of speech may not be uniquely human after all.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Forests Grew on the Lost Doggerland 16,000 Years Ago, Before It Was Swallowed by the North Sea
Learn how ancient DNA uncovered Ice Age forests on sunken Doggerland and revealed a landscape that once linked Britain to mainland Europe.
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Intense Space Weather Forces NASA’s Van Allen Probe Back to Earth Nearly a Decade Early
Learn more about the Van Allen Probe A, a NASA spacecraft that returned to Earth this week after spending years in one of space’s harshest environments.
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Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park Helped Restore Aspen Trees — but There Is Still Much to Learn
Learn more about why the story of how wolves saved Yellowstone National Park’s aspens is more complicated — and more instructional — than it appears.
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