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A 3-billion-year-old meteorite might have sparked life on Earth, study asserts
A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have triggered environmental changes that hel…
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Human sperm cells do not care about Newton’s third law of motion, and scientists don’t know why
Human sperm cells and the Chlamydomonas algae both move by wiggling their tails, or flagella. While…
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Here’s why Nasa scientists are sending microorganisms around the moon
Artemis will last around three weeks in space during this mission, but BioSentinel will stay in sp…
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Here’s what your gut microbes can tell you about how you will age!
By studying the gut bacteria of people in their 80s, scientists have found that while some benefici…
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Your toothbrush is home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.
Previously unseen viruses found in home bathrooms may be a new frontier of biotech innovation to fi…
Gabby Landsverk
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Award-winning footage shows a baby tardigrade riding one of its greatest predators in a rare microscopic Wild West scene
Tardigrades sometimes eat nematodes, and vice versa, but in this case the baby water bear just need…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Lunar loo: Did Apollo astronauts' 96 bags of poop and urine seed the Moon with life?
During the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, astronauts left behin…
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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its last meal
Locals found this first-of-a-kind Pleistocene wolf in Siberia. It's so mummified that scientists ho…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-J…
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A top nutrition scientist eats 30 plants a week for gut health. His 'diversity jar' makes it easy.
Dr. Tim Spector, an epidemiologist and nutrition expert, shared his easy way to add plants to your …
Serafina Kenny
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Eating primarily meat for too long could eventually rob us of our ability to digest plant matter, study finds
For the industrialised and supposedly "developed" West undergoing a protracted transition towards m…
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A nutrition expert and chef shares 7 foods for a healthy brain and gut that are always on her grocery list
A professional chef and nutritional psychiatrist shares the delicious grocery items you should buy …
Gabby Landsverk
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Remnants of life in ancient rocks reveal Earth had a rich ecosystem 3.4 billion years ago
Researchers found chemical signatures in rocks that provided an unprecedented insight into the biod…
Marianne Guenot
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US President Biden departs for Vietnam after attending G20 Summit
US President Joe Biden on Sunday departed from Delhi to Vietnam after concluding the G20 summit. Bi…
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G20 leaders pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat
Day two of if the G20 Summit started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday receiving leader…
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A gastroenterologist shares an easy trick he uses to make sure he's eating enough gut-healthy foods
Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz created F-GOALS to ensure he eats enough fiber for gut healt…
Serafina Kenny
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A nutrition expert takes these 2 supplements to recover after the holidays
Try these supplements to help you quickly recover after the holidays. Dr. Saman Khalesi has spent h…
Kate Hull
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Say goodbye to Dandruff: simple steps for a flake-free scalp
Dandruff, those tiny white or yellowish flakes that dot our shoulders and cause embarrassment, is a…
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YouTube helped solve an evolutionary mystery that's puzzled biologists for decades
Euglenoids are microscopic organisms with both animal and plant traits. A YouTube video gave resear…