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Sand strikers -- also known as bobbit worms -- reach up to 10 feet long. They have razor-sharp jaws they use to catch unsuspecting fish and can split into bits to regenerate.

Researchers uncovered how Alzheimer's Disease (AD) impacts COVID-19 outcomes through changes in the olfactory mucosal cells. Their study focused on individuals with AD who experienced exacerbated COVID-19 symptoms.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Google DeepMind Used a Large Language Model to Solve an Unsolvable Math Problem Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review “In a paper published in Nature [on Thursday], the researchers say it ...

People deem AI faces as being more 'real' than pictures of the people the algorithms are trained on -- but only if these AI-generated faces are white.

In the adapted excerpt below, from Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms, ecologist Alison Pouliot encounters a species that targets the larvae of ghost moths, revealing how the deadly fungus brings balance to the forest.

Each year at its annual meeting, the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics sponsors a contest for the best images in a variety of categories, all related to the flow of fluids.

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen shared a series of lovely photos showing Earth's fleeting icebergs as seen from the International Space Station.

Materials with enhanced thermal conductivity are critical for the development of advanced devices to support applications in communications, clean energy and aerospace. But in order to engineer materials with this proper...

Intense pressure and sweltering temperature would accompany a trip down through Earth's layers and out through the other side. However, this trip would be possible only in science fiction.

Researchers uncovered the protective effects of physical and social activities on brain health in older adults. Analyzing data from a 12-year longitudinal study, researchers focused on the entorhinal cortex, vital for le...

A number of medical conditions can cause an allergic reaction to ultraviolet light from the sun.