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Sheep earwax can record a dangerous diet

A bit of ear goop can reveal if sheep are eating dangerously poisonous plants. Earwax from sheep...

Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process

Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength...

How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein

In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing....

Here are 8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024

Each year, scientists break new ground in their quest to understand life and the mysteries of the...

The message-sending part of neurons may be blobby, not smooth

The ultrathin tendrils that zip messages around the nervous system are often drawn as smooth lines. But...

Britain’s largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism

A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly...

The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For thousands of years, if you wanted to...

Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The number of people who read...

Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A handful...

Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics

According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to about...

These discoveries in 2024 could be groundbreaking — if they’re true

In 2024, researchers turned up possible evidence of ancient life on Mars, hints that Alzheimer’s disease can...

Cancer screening and quitting smoking have saved nearly 6 million lives

Nearly 6 million deaths from five common cancers were avoided through prevention, early detection and better...
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