Can the risks that often accompany twin pregnancies be solved two monkeys at a time?
How can the tiny marmoset – a New World monkey – regularly successfully bear twins and sometimes triplets and quadruplets when much larger humans often … Read more
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Adenoviruses may pose risk for monkey-to-human leap
Adenoviruses commonly infect humans, causing colds, flu-like symptoms and sometimes even death, but now UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that a new species of … Read more
Viking apocalypse linked to elite killers of the medieval world
A crew of Viking mercenaries – some of the fiercest and most feared killers in the medieval world – could be the occupants of a … Read more
Skeletons show Columbus likely brought syphilis
Skeletons don’t lie. But sometimes they may mislead, as in the case of bones that reputedly showed evidence of syphilis in Europe and other parts … Read more
