Enlarge this image Macaques use stones as hammers to smash open food items like shellfish and nuts. Lydia V. Luncz hide caption…
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Biologists Trace Genetic Roots Of Evolution, One Cell At A Time
by Nell Greenfieldboyce March 15, 2018Enlarge this image Colored transmission electron micrograph of a section through an Escherichia coli bacterium. This rod-shaped bacterium moves via its hair-like…
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Enlarge this image In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, also known as mimivirus, was the first giant virus to be described. It’s larger…
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Menopause Mystery: Why Do Female Killer Whales Experience The Change Of Life?
by NPR January 12, 2017Enlarge this image The killer whale J2, better known as “Granny,” pokes her head out of the water in the Salish Sea…