When you’re just a tiny parasite trying to make your way in the world, a few tricks that let you sneak into other organisms undetected are always helpful.
The water-borne parasitic worm (or helminth) Schistosoma mansoni has a particularly…
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Stakes Are High For Elon Musk’s Latest Starship Test
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at SpaceX’s upcoming Starship test, new science heading to the international space station, a way to make older brains more youthful and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.
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6 simple ways to instantly improve your dog’s life, according to science
My dog Pepper is an easygoing senior who loves bedtime. I’m sure his treat is part of it, but he also likes us all settling down for the night. He loves short walks, during which he gets to sniff a lot.
And he’s thrilled to see the horse that…
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Smartlet microrobots coordinate underwater using light signals
In a step toward intelligent robotic collectives, scientists at Chemnitz University of Technology have built a new generation of autonomous microrobots.
These “smartlets,” each just a millimeter wide, can communicate, respond to light,…
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Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds
A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out of its head is about 300,000 years old and neither human nor Neanderthal, a new study finds.
The skull was reportedly discovered attached to the wall of Petralona Cave in northern Greece in 1960….
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Drinking Beetrot Juice Could Reduce Older Adults’ Blood Pressure
A major study suggests that beetroot juice may lower blood pressure in older adults by shifting the balance of bacteria in the mouth. Credit: Shutterstock Beetroot juice changed oral bacteria in older adults, lowering blood pressure….
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UK’s 1.4 GW offshore wind farm gets recyclable turbine blades
German energy company RWE and turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa have installed recyclable rotor blades at the UK’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, marking the nation’s first large-scale rollout of circular wind turbine technology.
The two…
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‘Brightest of all time’: James Webb telescope pinpoints origin of brightest flash of radio light ever detected
For the first time, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the origins of a bizarre, record-breaking radio signal that flashed past Earth earlier this year.
Tracking the bright radio burst to the edge of a galaxy some…
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LASSIE’s robot dog may join astronauts on Mars
When humans eventually set foot on Mars, they may have a four-legged companion…
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