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Researchers used AI to design working bacteriophages for the first time, raising questions about antibiotic resistance and biosecurity.

A new study introduces the Reproductive Resilience Hypothesis to explain sex-specific aging and female healthspan.

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Asexual stick insects manage a male-female gene-balancing mechanism despite a million years without sex.

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Over a thousand idle ships in the Persian Gulf have grown a hidden coat of marine life that scientists fear could spread ...

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In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral returned from a walk to find burrs clinging stubbornly to his clothes and his dog’s ...