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Researchers work at a sampling site for a study of the prevalance of hantavirus among rodents on the Palouse. (Pilar Fernandez/WSU)

Nearly a Third of Rodents in the Pacific Northwest Carry Hantavirus Antibodies

t rex at grocery

T. Rex Had Tiny Arms Because Its Head Got Too Good at Killing

This photo shows different parts of the (sometimes not-so-blue) blue button: the chitinous float; the mantle; gonozooids, responsible for reproduction; and the dactylozooids, which catch food and defend. Unseen at the center is the gastrozooid, which digests food to provide nutrients to the whole colony.

Tiny Ocean Drifter May Spend Half a Decade at Sea

Botrytis cinerea on an innocent berry.

Gray Mold Has Been Reading Your Strawberries for Years. We Just Figured Out How

Southeast Asia’s Largest Dinosaur Lay Undiscovered at the Edge of a Village Pond

Chinese money plant

Your Houseplant Has Been Solving an Ancient Geometry Problem All Along

gentoo penguins

A New Penguin Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight on One of Earth’s Most Remote Islands

jellyfish

The Jellyfish Clogging Fishing Nets Could Be Funding the Future of Medicine

Artist's reconstruction of adult Maiasaura and young. Illustration by Brian Regal.

Baby Dinosaurs Ate Better Than Their Parents, Fossil Teeth Reveal

Study coauthor Cleidjane Gomes Faustino places her arm treated with a patchouli-based repellant in a cage filled with hungry mosquitoes

Patchouli Oil Lotion Matches DEET at Repelling Mosquitoes in Lab Tests

mitochondria

Life Built Its Biochemistry on a Metal That Was Almost Nowhere to Be Found

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as brewer’s yeast, is seen under a microscope. This species is used around the world to make food and beverages. Easily cultured with a well-known genome, the species has also become a favorite of synthetic biologists for making natural products that are difficult to obtain from their native sources. (Credit: tonaquatic/iStock)

How Scientists Are Teaching Microbes to Make Our Medicines From Scratch

Capuchin monkey

When the Rains Fail, the Big Gangs Win: How Climate Chaos Reshapes Capuchin Society

Caulerpa racemosa macroalgae

Seaweed Could Solve One of Aquaculture’s Biggest Pollution Problems

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