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50 years ago, scientists ID’d a threat to California wine country
Fifty years after scientists identified the cause of Pierce's disease, which damages vineyards, there still isn't a cure.
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Fifty years after scientists identified the cause of Pierce's disease, which damages vineyards, there still isn't a cure.
The last population of woolly mammoths did not go extinct 4,000 years ago from inbreeding, a new analysis shows.
Three species of marine worms living in Antarctic waters have beneficial relationships with bacteria that produce antifreeze proteins.
Sex differences in the function of nerve cells in mice, monkeys and humans suggest a new way to treat pain conditions.
For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares. But a grad student’s serendipitous cell phone video might resolve a long-running debate over leech acrobatics.
Found in Montana’s badlands, Lokiceratops had two large, bladelike horns jutting forward and out from between its eyes.
The bizarre new plant from Malaysia parasitizes subterranean fungi and only briefly erupts from the soil to flower.
The earliest ants may have been primed for a highly social life — 100 million years ago, the insects had antennae tuned to key communication functions.
The fossil discoveries double the number of known monotreme species during the Cretaceous Period.
DNA analysis shows victims in one underground chamber at Chichén Itzá included twins, perhaps representing mythological figures.
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