What is the vagus nerve?
Your brain is connected to your body through a set of 12 crucial nerve networks that descend through your spine and branch out into your body. Of these, the vagus nerve is probably one of the most important. Its tendrils…
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Can the Redfish, That Gulf Coast Culinary Icon, Be Brought Back From the Brink?
The Cajun cooking craze nearly wiped out the species native to Louisiana, but conservation stemmed the tide. Now the fish faces new threats
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just found its first exoplanet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of an exoplanet for the first…
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After Crocs and Lemurs Went Extinct on the Mainland, Many Survived on Islands for Millions of Years
Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses
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Sunken 18th-century ship discovered by chance off famed Game of Thrones filming spot
An 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s…
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Workers digging at the World Trade Center site found a mystery boat. Now they’re rebuilding it
A remarkable piece of American history, a Revolutionary War-era boat, is slowly being…
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One of Da Vinci’s early designs could make modern drones stealthier, scientists say
A kind of helicopter design first envisioned by the Renaissance-era Italian polymath Leonardo…
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Chance discovery of 365-million-year-old fossil reveals new species
In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved…
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Study debunks theory claiming Stone Age Ireland was ruled by incestuous ‘god-kings’
Stone Age Ireland was likely not ruled over by incestuous “god-kings” 5500 years ago, as…
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New bat viruses discovered in China raise concerns about potential pandemic
Researchers have raised “urgent concerns” after discovering two new bat viruses in China…
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