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Representation of the electrons in the “half-Möbius”-shaped moleculeIBM Research and the University of Manchester Chemists have discovered a new molecular…
Magic mushrooms are one of the psychedelics showing real medical potentialJohn Moore/Getty Images A single dose of psilocybin – the…
A pygmy long-fingered possumFlannery et al Two marsupial species that scientists thought had gone extinct at least 6000 years ago…
X and Y chromosomes can compete against each other to skew sex ratios in their favourKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY You…
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How can we spot if someone is lying to us? There are no easy tellsMargarita Young/Alamy Poisonous PeopleLeanne ten BrinkeSimon…
Alistair Berg/Getty Images Let’s start off with a fact: you do not, no matter what you’ve heard, eat a credit…
Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived the mass extinctionCHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO…
Falling cats seem to twist the front half of their body firstEvolve/Photoshot/ZUMAPRESS/Alamy When falling cats turn themselves the right way…