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The head and the heart Scientists used light to raise a mouse’s heart rate, increasing anxiety-like behaviors in the animal....
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The head and the heart Scientists used light to raise a mouse’s heart rate, increasing anxiety-like behaviors in the animal....
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algae: Single-celled organisms, once considered plants (they aren’t). As aquatic organisms, they grow in water. Like green plants, they depend...
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Meet the house that diapers built. Researchers have designed and erected a house that has shredded, disposable diapers mixed into...
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More than 5,000 animal species previously unknown to science live in a pristine part of the deep sea. Their home...
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