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In a veterinary clinic in Cairo, ten cats with spontaneous mammary carcinoma became the unlikely protagonists of a study that...

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One of nature’s most infamous cheats has offered up a genetic surprise. The common cuckoo, a bird famous for laying...

A provocative new analysis has called into question one of the most celebrated promises of social robotics: that friendly machines...

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Vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common nutritional problems in modern medicine, yet a new consensus from Brazil...

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food sectors on the planet, but raising fish at high density in closed...

Sugar beet is one of the world’s most important sources of sugar, yet like nearly every crop plant that has...

For decades, salicylic acid has been known as the chemical alarm bell of the plant world. When pathogens attack, levels...

Grafting has long been the workhorse of clonal tree propagation, but a new study in BMC Plant Biology has pulled...

Every heartbeat sends a faint mechanical shudder through the chest wall and the rest of the body. For more than...

Aroma complexity is one of those words that everyone in the wine, coffee, tea, and spirits worlds uses, yet almost...

Deep in the cold waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar lives a fish that has long puzzled scientists trying to...

Bitcoin was designed to move money without banks, borders, or names attached to the transactions. That same design, however, has...

A sweeping new analysis of a decade of agricultural research suggests that the way we farm may shape not only...

Community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia are among the most accessible healthcare professionals in the country, yet a new cross-sectional study...

Imagine a material that cleans polluted water simply by being stirred, and that could one day help mend broken bones....