Biology (Page 28)

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The Man Who Would Stop Time

The Man Who Would Stop Time

By Joseph Hooper

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

By Rebecca Boyle

Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution

Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea

By Jennifer Abbasi

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks

By Rebecca Boyle

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

By Rebecca Boyle

Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker

Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Discover Self-Cloning Lizard Species On Vietnamese Restaurant Menu

Scientists Discover Self-Cloning Lizard Species On Vietnamese Restaurant Menu

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?

FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken

Nature’s Grossest Creatures

Living Fossils

By Matt Ransford