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We Have to Talk About Brain Worms
Esquire· 6 days agoA great deal of fun has been had by all with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s revelation that a dead worm had been discovered calcified in his brain. This came...
32 diseases you can catch from animals
Live Science via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAbout half of all people who contract Ebola die from it, but early care can reduce the risk of death. The good news is that we have a vaccine that works...
32 scary parasitic diseases
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt's common around the world. Scientists aren't sure how people get D. fragilis, but suspect people typically accidentally swallow it. Some experts think...
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEngineers and scientists have an enduring fascination with spider silk. Similar to typical worm silk that makes for comfy bedsheets but much tougher, the...
How RFK Jr. Could Open a Can of Brain Worms at the Debates
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThis week, we examine the ways in which...
Discovery of a master neuron that controls movement in worms has implications for human disease
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoCrawling towards food sources and swiftly reversing from danger is a matter of life and death for the worms. Scientists long believed that control of movements in worms was ...
Study shows regenerating worms have genetic control over their algal partners
Phys.org· 3 days agoAcoels, unique marine worms that regenerate their bodies after injury, can form symbiotic relationships with photosynthetic algae that live inside them. Bo Wang, assistant professor of bioengineering ...
How did an ancient shark parasite end up fossilized in tree resin?
Science News· 4 days agoA worm preserved in 99-million-year-old amber resembles modern flatworms in shark intestines. The...
‘Kinds of Kindness’ Is Weird, Wild, and Way More Than the Sum of Its F-cked-Up Parts
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoDirector Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's follow-up to 'Poor Things' turns an all-star anthology...
Unusual natural wonders that scientists can't explain
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis suggests that the conditions of the lake are creating remarkably tolerant algae, which can...
