Smuggler Tries Crossing US Border With 52 Live Reptiles Stuffed In His Clothes
According to US Customs and Border Protection, a 30-year-old guy was apprehended after attempting to cross the US border wearing clothing loaded to the brim…
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Scientists Investigate 300-Year-Old Mummified Mermaid Said To Be Caught In The 1700s
A study team has begun work on a “mermaid mummy,” a strange-looking creature (or animals) claimed to have been captured in a fishing net off…
Same-Sex Parenting In the Animal Kingdom – How Common Is It
When it comes to parenting in humans, anything goes. Since “nuclear family or bust,” family structures have gone a long way. To mention a few…
Pigs’ Grunts and Squeals Have Been Translated To Reveal Their Emotions
Thanks to a novel algorithm that decodes the animals’ vocalizations to show their emotional condition, scientists have finally learnt to speak pig. The authors of…
Orbits around Supermassive Black Holes Might Be Like a Giant Game of Billiards
There is a supermassive black hole at the heart of practically every galaxy, weighing millions, if not billions, of times the mass of our Sun.…
Meta Allows Death Threats against Russian Soldiers and Putin in Some Countries
In a startling and contentious move by parent company Meta, users in some countries will be able to advocate for violence against Russian military and…
A New Therapy procedure for Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
Many head and neck cancers are curable, especially if detected early. Although the major goal of treatment is to eliminate cancer, it is equally critical…
Kepler-69c – a Super-Earth Extrasolar Planet
Kepler-69c is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It’s a verified super-Earth extrasolar planet, most likely rocky, circling the Sun-like…
Epigenetic Alterations can Predict Type 1 Diabetes
Although genetics plays a significant part in determining a person’s risk of acquiring type 1 diabetes, environmental and lifestyle variables also play a role. A…
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Is More Stable and Changes Slower Than Previous Versions
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is more stable and slower changing than the earlier variant that caused the SARS outbreak in 2003, according to…
In Diabetes, a New Method Developed to Protect Insulin-producing Cells
High blood glucose levels are to blame for a number of issues in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet…
A New Algorithm will Help Patients with Intestinal Cancer
An algorithm that predicts how long a patient will be in the hospital if they are diagnosed with colon cancer might save the NHS millions…
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