adaptation
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Thriving in Deadly Environments: Could Mushrooms be our Ticket to Colonizing Space?
Space: the final frontier or the fungal frontier? The challenges to life in space seem insurmountable,…
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How do microbes help animals adapt?
Evolving is a team sport. Many animals co-evolve along with microbes in a symbiotic relationship.
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Going on Autopilot? Thank Your Place Cells
Why do we go on autopilot when we travel somewhere we’ve been a thousand times? How…
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Sleeping in a Pandemic
Can’t fall asleep, stay asleep, or wake up? Here’s how to fix it!
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Survival by Aposematism and Mimicry: The Evolution of Bright Color Patterns
Sometimes the best defense from predators is to stay in plain sight.
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Kangaroos are considered a pest in Australia. Surprised? So was I.
Kangaroos, posterchildren for the Australian outback, are considered by some to be pests in their homeland.…
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What Happened to Your Nose?
Fancy schnozzes have surprising functions across the mammal family tree.
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How Pistol Shrimp Kill with Bubbles
Did you know that shrimp living in the ocean can produce sounds as loud as jet…
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Why Do I Shiver When It’s Cold?
Body shivering, teeth chattering, why does our body descend into a twitching mess in the cold?…