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Professor Tim Coulson has branded monsters like the Abominable Snowman a 'scientific impossibility' and urged enthusiasts to ...

Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal's population, which is wreaking havoc on the island's agricultural sector.

Jan. 21, 2025 — A new study has identified a group of neurons that, when activated, can induce a hypometabolic state, akin to hibernation. The discovery could have ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the ...

Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

A global team has made a significant advance in understanding how bacterial plasmids contribute to antibiotic resistance.

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An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow ...

"Lipocartilage" possesses properties similar to bubble wrap—super-stable, soft, and, springy. An international research team ...