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Lizard can switch from female to male before birth, but not vice versa
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Damaged liver repaired inside machine for three days before transplant
A damaged liver that was kept alive and repaired in a machine for three days outside the body before transplantation...
Where Are Vaccines for Little Kids, and the Latest on Long COVID
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic....
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How Countries ‘Import’ and ‘Export’ Extinction Risk around the World
In the dense jungles of Cameroon and nearby countries, the population of the iconic and critically endangered western lowland gorilla...
Megalodon sharks may have been forced into extinction by great whites
An analysis of zinc isotopes in ancient shark teeth suggests megalodon and great whites ate the same foods, potentially contributing...
Why Unprecedented Bird Flu Outbreaks Are Concerning Scientists
A highly infectious and deadly strain of avian influenza virus has infected tens of millions of poultry birds across Europe,...
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