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A fungal pandemic is massacring frogs, but scientists just found a virus that could lead to a cure
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoyellow-legged frog Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Imagine a fungus that makes your...
Why ‘resurrection biology’ is gaining traction around the world
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoResurrection biology aims to bring strings of molecules and complex organisms back to life in a bid...
The bedrock of life: What makes carbon so special and how it can inform our search for alien life
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCarbon Earth Planet Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images When scientists search for...
Monkey kept alive for 2 years with pig kidney offers hope for humans awaiting transplants
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Massachusetts-based company announced Wednesday that it has kept a monkey alive for two years with...
These invasive ants have bizarre genomes that defy biology
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoClose-up of yellow crazy ant on green leaf Getty Images/afe207 Yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis...
'Black swan' pathogens from ancient permafrost may be getting ready to wake up
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoScientists simulated ancient viruses to see what impact they would have on the environment. While...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIllustration of an early modern man embracing a Neanderthal woman. They appear to be in a forest at...
A blood test for long Covid is possible, new research suggests
NBC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMore than three years into the pandemic, the millions of people who have suffered from long Covid...
RNA extracted from a extinct Tasmanian tiger for the 1st time
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity, circa 1930. A Tasmanian...
We're Halfway to Creating Fully Artificial Living Yeast Cells
SYFY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe geneticists at InGen pulled off a scientific magic trick when they created the first dinosaurs...