This illustration depicts the early jawless vertebrate Astraspis being attacked by the sea-scorpion Megalograptus in dark, shallow waters. Both animals likely had tooth-like scales on their bodies that would have allowed them to sense things in the waters around them. […]
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Amanda Vicente Santos, a bat disease ecologist at the University of Oklahoma, inspects the base of a guanacaste tree in Belize where she intends to trap vampire bats later in the night. Scientists say they’ve developed an alternate method of
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The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a lethal venomous snake native to Africa. Its bite is one of multiple that could be treated with a new universal antivenom… developed from a human named Tim Friede. Michele D’Amico/Getty Images hide caption
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A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic adaptations connected to
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Caitlin Tulloch, pictured in her home office, has helped create a matchmaking service that guides philanthropists to invest in foreign aid projects that will likely have the biggest humanitarian impact. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de
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Yale cognitive neuroscientist Nick Turk-Browne works with a baby and parent during a brain scan. 160/90 hide caption toggle caption 160/90 Tristan Yates has no doubt about her first memory, even if it is a little fuzzy. “I was about
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A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR During a period of unusually heavy rain in Chad last year in
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Members of the research team who helped identify a new cellular structure. (L – R) Tyler Coale, Kendra Turk-Kubo, Jon Zehr, Esther Wing Kwan Mak UC Santa Cruz hide caption toggle caption UC Santa Cruz A group of researchers has
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Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. “I literally just emailed USAID and told them, ‘I hereby cancel
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Kamilla Souza getting ready to study the brain of this beached whale. Instituto Baleia Jubarte hide caption toggle caption Instituto Baleia Jubarte A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she’d been waiting for. A baby
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