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  • @ars_technica What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles #Science #Biology #Optics

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    Sep 30, 2026

  • @nautilus The Evolutionary Raw Deal of the Human Knee #Science #Evolution #Biology

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • @nautilus Aging Muscle Has a Hidden Molecular Switch #Science #Biology #Aging

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • @ars_technica Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies #Science #Biology #Longevity

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • @gizmodo This Gene-Tech Is More Impressive Than the Extinct Dire Wolves It Created. Here's Why #Science #Technology #Biology

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • @gizmodo Scientists Found a Deep-Sea 'Death Pool' That Vanished. It May Show How Earth's First Life Survived #Science #Biology #Ocean

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • @gizmodo This Newly Discovered Sea Spider Is a Parasite With Its Own Parasites #Science #Biology #Nature

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    Sep 24, 2026

  • @nyt_science In a New Anthropic Lab, A.I. Turns to Biology #AI #Science #Biology

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    Sep 24, 2026

  • @hackernews Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative? #HackerNews #Tech #Biology

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    Sep 24, 2026

  • @hackernews Why is the human body so crap except for the liver? #HackerNews #Tech #Biology

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    Sep 24, 2026

  • @wired The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why #Science #Health #Biology

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    Sep 24, 2026

  • @ars_technica Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains #Science #Neurobiology #Biology

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    Sep 23, 2026

  • @gizmodo We Finally Know Where Bats Came From--and Dracula Would Approve #Science #Biology #Animals

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    Sep 23, 2026

  • @npr_news This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life #Science #Biology #Life

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    Sep 22, 2026

  • @gizmodo Say Hello to the 'Fire Amoeba.' It Just Broke a Heat Limit Scientists Thought Was Impossible #Science #Biology #Research

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    Sep 22, 2026

  • @nyt_science At 145 Degrees, This Amoeba Manages to Keep Its Cool #Science #Biology #Evolution

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    Sep 22, 2026

  • @hackernews The Millennium Problems for Biology #HackerNews #Tech #Biology

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    Sep 20, 2026

  • @gizmodo These Deep Sea Denizens Use Giant Sea Spiders as Ubers #Science #Ocean #Biology

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    Sep 18, 2026

  • @gizmodo Scientists Discover First New Cat Species in Over a Century--and It's Love at First Sight #Science #Animals #Biology

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    Sep 17, 2026

  • @aeon Animal eye #Science #Biology #Nature

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    Sep 17, 2026

  • @hackernews Ctenophores: Wonders of Biology #HackerNews #Tech #Biology

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    Sep 17, 2026

  • @quanta Ctenophores Aren't Just Beautiful. They're Biological Wonders. #Science #Biology #Nature

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    Sep 16, 2026

  • @quanta Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia? #Science #Biology #Paleontology

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • @scientific_american Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria #Science #Biology #Genetics

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • @nautilus A Natural Solution to the Replication Crisis in Science #Science #Research #Biology

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • @gizmodo Scientists Confirmed a New US Mosquito Species--and It May Already Be Spreading #Science #Biology #Insects

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • @gizmodo This Snake's Bizarre Tail Looks Like a Spider. Scientists Finally Took a Peek Inside #Science #Biology #Nature

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • @nautilus Why Snake Embryos Form in Spirals #Science #Zoology #Biology

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • @npr_science Biologist Andrew Newhouse on the genetic revival of the American chestnut #Science #Biology #Conservation

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    Sep 5, 2026

  • @wired Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears #Science #Biology #Insects

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    Sep 5, 2026

  • @ars_technica Brain of a male fly completely mapped, joins earlier map of a female brain #Science #Neuroscience #Biology

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    Sep 4, 2026

  • @gizmodo The 'American Cheetah' Wasn't a Cheetah. New DNA Evidence Shows Just How Wrong Scientists Had It #Science #Biology #Evolution

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    Sep 4, 2026

  • @quanta Genome Duplication Is a Radical Evolutionary Gamble #Science #Biology #Evolution

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    Sep 2, 2026

  • @scientific_american Newly discovered 'demon cave fish' hid out in Alabama military installation for 40 years #Science #Biology #Discovery

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    Sep 2, 2026

  • @nautilus Your Organs Age at Different Paces--And They're Coordinating With Each Other #Science #Health #Biology

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    Sep 1, 2026

  • @nautilus Your Ability to Cope with Stress Changes with the Seasons and Your Own Biological Clocks #Science #Health #Biology

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    Sep 1, 2026

  • @gizmodo We Were Wrong About How the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Hunted Its Prey #Science #Biology #Extinct

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    Aug 31, 2026

  • @longreads AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive #Science #AI #Biology

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    Aug 26, 2026

  • @gizmodo This Plant Summons Parasitic Wasps to Kill Its Enemies #Science #Biology #Nature

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