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Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world's most venomous marine creature

Researchers named the newfound species Tripedalia maipoensis, after Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, where they discovered the transparent critter.

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'Mind-control' parasite Toxoplasma hides from the immune system with 2 key genes

A single-cell parasite relies on two genes that boost each other's activity to switch into "defense mode" when attacked by the immune system.

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Twin polar bear sisters reunited years after mother rejected one of them

The sisters were separated at birth due to medical complications, and they remained apart for more than two years after one was rejected by the mother.

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Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

logo.png  By WG  Apr 26, 2023