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Biologists are using the medley of blues and browns in these wings to help them understand butterfly wing development.
An engineer creates a perfect liquid crown using innovative flash photography.
Icebergs in Greenland are flipping over like dominoes more often than they have in the past.
Though discarded after birth, the placenta builds the first vital connection between mother and fetus.
Sediment cores from around the Yucatán Peninsula support a theory as to what could have led to the Mayans' demise.
A museum curator has discovered a box of beetles containing specimens collected during a famous expedition.
While people in a vegetative state appear physically unresponsive, a new study reveals that some might be aware to a degree.
A special imaging technology peers inside a mouse eye, revealing the distinct roles that cells play in maintaining retinal health.
Biologists photograph the first days of a fiery orange starfish common to Brazil's rocky southern shores.
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