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Tiny New Species of Snail With Unusual Shell Named After Picasso

In yet another example of nature serving as the world’s largest open-air art museum, a tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. The 3-millimeter creature (about half the size of a medium grain of rice) was discovered by an international team exploring snail diversity in Southeast Asia. 

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Perfect Brownies Baked at High Altitude Are Possible Thanks to Colorado’s Home Economics Pioneer Inga Allison

This article was written by Tobi Jacobi, a professor of English at Colorado State University, and Caitlin Clark, a senior food scientist at Colorado State University, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Many bakers

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Genomic Sequencing Reveals Previously Unknown Genes That Make Microbes Resistant to Drugs and Hard To Kill

This article was written by Nneka Vivian Iduu, a graduate research assistant in pathobiology at Auburn University, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a

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Researchers Created Sound That Can Bend Itself Through Space, Reaching Only Your Ear in a Crowd

This article was written by Jiaxin Zhong, a postdoctoral researcher in acoustics at Penn State, and Yun Jing, a professor of acoustics at Penn State, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. What if you

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Enzymes Are the Engines of Life — Machine Learning Tools Could Help Scientists Design New Ones to Tackle Disease and Climate Change

This article was written by Sam Pellock, a postdoctoral scholar in biochemistry at the University of Washington, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that

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Margaret Morse Nice Thought Like a Song Sparrow and Changed How Scientists Understand Animal Behavior

This article was written by Kristoffer Whitney, an associate professor of science, technology, and society at the Rochester Institute of Technology, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The invader, puffed out into the shape

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Art and Science Illuminate the Same Subtle Proportions in Tree Branches

This article was written by Mitchell Newberry, a research assistant professor of biology at the University of New Mexico, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Do artists and scientists see the same thing in

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“Hungry” Fat Cells Could Fight Cancer by Devouring Tumors’ Food Sources, Study Suggests

Contrary to popular belief, body fat isn’t all bad. It’s an essential source of energy that helps regulate hormones, control body temperature, and absorb vitamins and minerals. And thanks to new research from the University of California, San Francisco, body fat could prove even more of a superpower — as a certain type may soon help

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The Heart Can Heal Itself: New Study on Muscle Regeneration  Sparks Hope for a Heart Failure Cure

In 2022, 13.9% of all deaths in the U.S. were caused by heart failure. And contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t only affect older people: Nearly 6.7 million adults ages 20 and up currently have the condition, per the CDC. The good news? Thanks to recent research out of the University of Arizona College of

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Happy Livers and Angry Feet: Study Reveals Where the Ancient Mesopotamians Felt Emotions

“Smile in your liver,” Bali medicine man Ketut Liyer urges Elizabeth Gilbert in the author’s iconic memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. The sentiment is heartwarming, but it likely left some readers wondering: How do you smile, or express any emotion at all, in your liver?  While many modern-day humans aren’t familiar with this concept, the ancient

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