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Scientists Find That Vampire Bats ‘French Kiss’ With Mouthfuls Of Blood To Deepen Social Bonds

Besides grooming, vampire bats form stronger social bonds by sharing what researchers describe as 'French kisses' with mouths full of animal blood.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 23, 2020

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Scientists Find That Vampire Bats ‘French Kiss’ With Mouthfuls Of Blood To Deepen Social Bonds

Besides grooming, vampire bats form stronger social bonds by sharing what researchers describe as 'French kisses' with mouths full of animal blood.

By Natasha Ishak • March 23, 2020

Discovery Of 16-Inch-Long Saber-Toothed Tiger Skull Proves They Were Bigger Than We Thought

Scientists say that the newly studied 16-inch Smilodon populator skull once belonged to an animal that weighed close to 960 pounds.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 20, 2020

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Discovery Of 16-Inch-Long Saber-Toothed Tiger Skull Proves They Were Bigger Than We Thought

Scientists say that the newly studied 16-inch Smilodon populator skull once belonged to an animal that weighed close to 960 pounds.

By Natasha Ishak • March 20, 2020

Behold The ‘Wonderchicken,’ The 67-Million-Year-Old Ancestor Of Modern Ducks And Chickens

This is the oldest fossil of a modern bird ever found.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 19, 2020

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Behold The ‘Wonderchicken,’ The 67-Million-Year-Old Ancestor Of Modern Ducks And Chickens

This is the oldest fossil of a modern bird ever found.

By Natasha Ishak • March 19, 2020

Is Meditation The Reason Why This Monk’s Brain Is 8 Years Younger Than His Body?

A study examined master meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's brain development since he was 27 years old.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 18, 2020

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Is Meditation The Reason Why This Monk’s Brain Is 8 Years Younger Than His Body?

A study examined master meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's brain development since he was 27 years old.

By Natasha Ishak • March 18, 2020

How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • Mar 15, 2020

How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • March 15, 2020

Researchers Just Found Chlamydia In The Deepest Reaches Of The Arctic Ocean

"Finding Chlamydiae in this environment was completely unexpected... And of course begged the question, what on earth were they doing there?"

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 13, 2020

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Researchers Just Found Chlamydia In The Deepest Reaches Of The Arctic Ocean

"Finding Chlamydiae in this environment was completely unexpected... And of course begged the question, what on earth were they doing there?"

By Natasha Ishak • March 13, 2020

Smallest-Ever Dinosaur Found Trapped In 100 Million-Year-Old Amber With A Full Set Of Teeth

"I literally have never seen anything like this."

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 12, 2020

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Smallest-Ever Dinosaur Found Trapped In 100 Million-Year-Old Amber With A Full Set Of Teeth

"I literally have never seen anything like this."

By Marco Margaritoff • March 12, 2020

Doctors Confirm That A Second Person Has Been Cured Of HIV Following Stem Cell Treatment

Adam Castillejo was tragically diagnosed with both HIV and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a miraculous twist, a stem cell treatment for the latter has cured him of the former.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 11, 2020

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Doctors Confirm That A Second Person Has Been Cured Of HIV Following Stem Cell Treatment

Adam Castillejo was tragically diagnosed with both HIV and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a miraculous twist, a stem cell treatment for the latter has cured him of the former.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 11, 2020

Patient’s Hand Transplants Unexpectedly Change Skin Tone To Match Hers

"I don't know how the transformation occurred. But it feels like my own hands now," said the 21-year-old transplant recipient.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 10, 2020

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Patient’s Hand Transplants Unexpectedly Change Skin Tone To Match Hers

"I don't know how the transformation occurred. But it feels like my own hands now," said the 21-year-old transplant recipient.

By Natasha Ishak • March 10, 2020

Sea Turtles Are Eating Plastic Because It Smells Like Food, Study Suggests

"Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to... it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics."

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 10, 2020

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Sea Turtles Are Eating Plastic Because It Smells Like Food, Study Suggests

"Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to... it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics."

By Marco Margaritoff • March 10, 2020

These 9-Pound, Bird-Eating Crabs ‘Talk’ To Each Other During Sex

Coconut crabs produce "tapping-like sounds" to communicate with each other and they make a variety of clicking noises during their entire mating sessions.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 3, 2020

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These 9-Pound, Bird-Eating Crabs ‘Talk’ To Each Other During Sex

Coconut crabs produce "tapping-like sounds" to communicate with each other and they make a variety of clicking noises during their entire mating sessions.

By Natasha Ishak • March 3, 2020