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Topic: Biology (page 5)

Biochemist in hazmat suit holding petri dish with biomaterial (Getty Images/Harbucks)

Zika virus is quick to mutate

Matthew Rozsa
Omphalotus nidiformis, or ghost fungus (Getty Images/Louise Docker Sydney Australia)

Are mushrooms talking to each other?

Eric Schank
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., right, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are seen on the fourth day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Bidens nominee for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, in Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP doesn't grasp science of sex, gender

Matthew Rozsa
DNA, Atoms and particles (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

Genomics' ethical gray areas abroad

Dyna Rochmyaningsih - Undark
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Great Dane and a Chihuahua (Getty Images/Eriklam)

The gene that makes toy dogs small

Matthew Rozsa
Two lions asleep with their heads touching at the top and with ears touching in a cute and loving position (Getty Images/Gregory Sweeney)

The mystery of REM sleep

Matthew Rozsa
Busy mature businessman working from home and watching his crying son at night, who is is yelling at him. (Getty Images;ljubaphoto)

Why our emotions are so powerful

Elizabeth Svoboda - Undark
Corn (Getty Images)

The futile fight over GMO food labels

Kavin Senapathy - Undark
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(Getty/NataliaDeriabina)

Tightening regulations on sperm donation

Naomi Cahn, Sonia Suter - The Conversation
Dropped ice cream cone (Getty Images/Chris Clor)

Our evolutionary love of sugar

Stephen Wooding - The Conversation
Harvard University Professor E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. USA. Professor Wilson is a biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. He is considered to be the world's leading authority on the study of ants. (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

E.O. Wilson's ant passion

Doug Tallamy - The Conversation
Rat poison trap box (Getty Images/richard johnson)

Rat poison killing way up the food chain

Laura Kiesel
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A squirrel holding a nut (Getty Images/suefeldberg)

Squirrel privilege is real

Nicole Karlis
Nutmeg seeds and ground nutmeg (Getty Images/fcafotodigital)

This is your brain on nutmeg

Daniel Karel
Lonely Australian shepherd puppy freezing on the street while snowing (Getty Images/fotostok_pdv)

Is the cold hurting my dog's paws?

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Marija Jovovic)

Demystifying the idea of consciousness

Emily Cataneo - Undark
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Back shoulder of a woman (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

The organ that makes us human

Matthew Rozsa
Close-up of Living as a Bird by Vinciane Despret (Polity)

How birds see time differently than us

Matthew Rozsa
Turkey with a graduation cap (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Turkey intelligence is underrated

Matthew Rozsa
Octopus (Getty Images/sko)

How the octopus got so smart

Matthew Rozsa
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Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Prescribed fires can prevent big blazes

Madeline Ostrander - Undark
(Getty/KyleNelson)

A conversation can make an ant fertile

Matthew Rozsa
Exterior view of a Walmart store (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

The deadly pathogen sold at Walmart

Nicole Karlis
Pigeons (Iain Blake)

When humans abandoned our pigeon pets

Nicole Karlis
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