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Beware of Aussie Hitchhikers!!

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Are We Close to Having a Blood Test That Detects Cancer? 

Researchers designed a liquid biopsy test to determine a patient’s risk of colon cancer recurrence and monitor the effects of chemotherapy after surgery. Earlier this month, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Walter and Eliza Hall … Continue reading

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Meet Graham, a Human Evolved to Survive a Car Crash 

As much as we like to think we’re invincible, we’re not. Since the car was first invented, advancements in technology and updated standards have made them increasingly safer. But even with greater precautions, the frail human body often can’t survive … Continue reading

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Why Do Turtles Have Shells? – The Atlantic

Travel back in time to 260 million years ago, just before the dawn of the dinosaur era. Journey to what is now South Africa, and make your way to a river bank. Then, wait. If you’re lucky, you might see … Continue reading

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How Animals See the World

As far as I could trace it, this was created by Imgur/Reddit user Mikepants I wish it went a little slower so here it is cut into 3 parts: How animals see the world:  Source Source 2 Source 3

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99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber | Smithsonian

The rare fossils from the age of the dinosaurs look a lot like modern-day bird wings. Finding things trapped in amber is far from a rare occurrence: lizards, bugs, flowers and more are regularly found encased in hardened lumps of the tree resin. But when … Continue reading

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Every Sperm Whale Alive Today May Have Descended From the Same Female

At some point in the last 80,000 years, became the “mother” of all sperm whales who followed. Though it would make sense to have a single mother in a single area—an ancestor who, say, really loved the Pacific Ocean—this mom’s … Continue reading

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DNA confirms Nile crocodiles found in Florida

Step aside, Burmese python — you may no longer be Florida’s scariest invasive species. Using DNA analysis, University of Florida researchers have confirmed the capture of multiple Nile crocodiles in the wild. The ancient icon eats everything from zebras to … Continue reading

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Mammal-like reptile survived much longer than thought

Tritylodontids are the last known family of near-mammalian reptiles, before mammals with features such as advanced hearing evolved. Researchers have uncovered dozens of fossilized teeth in Kuwajima, Japan and identified this as a new species of tritylodontid. This suggests that … Continue reading

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Hyenas, Wolves Appear to Strike Cooperative Pact in Negev Desert : Discovery News

In a study recently published in the journal Zoology in the Middle East, scientists from the United States and Israel report sightings of striped hyenas roaming amid packs of grey wolves in the Negev desert. Neither hyenas nor wolves usually behave … Continue reading

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