In the fight against diseases like cancers and blood disorders, sometimes we need to turn to unexpected allies. And in this case, one of those allies was a tiny little nanobody hiding inside of... camels.



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mRNA vaccines stopped the COVID-19 pandemic in its tracks. Now, they're poised to help us against the flu, rabies, cancer, and more.<b<br/>r/>

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Myxozoans are so weird. They're jellyfish the size of single-celled organisms. Some of them even live on land. New weirdest animal just dropped.<b<br/>r/>

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We've learned a lot about Megalodon by studying its terrifying teeth. But we're just beginning to understand what made this ancient shark so huge. <b<br/>r/>

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When ITER's tokamak finally comes online (as of July 2024, that's 2034 for its first round of research, and 2039 for deuterium-tritium fusion), it will become the world's biggest fusion reactor. But don't hold your breath for a green...

From steam engines, to contact lenses, to biometric security based on someone's voice, there are a lot of inventions out there that are older than you think.<b<br/>r/>

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Today we're talking about the weirdest trees in the world, from the psychedelic rainbow eucalyptus, to the dragon's blood tree, to the jabuticaba that grows delicious fruits on its trunk.<b<br/>r/>

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If you've ever taken care of a baby, you might have heard that sleeping on the same bed with them, AKA co-sleeping, is a big no-no. But the research into the ins and outs of bed sharing is more complicated than you might...

Weather may be something you associate with life on land, but the ocean has its own version of fronts and storms. <b<br/>r/>

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There's a lot of humans on our planet. But our global domination was hardly a given. New evidence suggests that our ancestors were on the brink of total extinction nearly a million years ago. So let's talk about that time when the Homo...

Hey remember that time you waved at a stranger who was actually waving at someone behind you? The universe can, at least in its own way. If you thought gravitational waves were wild, just wait until you hear about this thing called...

It's no secret that people like pretty stuff, or that we like to make our worlds as pretty as possible. And for centuries, tons of people have used the mineral in this month's Rocks Box to paint the towns blue, so let's talk about some...

This October, the launch window opens for NASA's Europa Clipper mission. When it arrives in the Jovian system, this spacecraft will probe the icy moon...and its ocean buried kilometers beneath the surface...for the ingredients of life...

Sometimes, one animal ends up in an evolutionary arms race with another for millions of years. Here are four fascinating examples, including our own showdown with snakes. <b<br/>r/>

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In 2022, humanity threw roughly 15 billion dollars of gold into the trash. That's because gold plays a small but significant role in our electronics. E-waste is a major issue these days, and scientists are hunting for better ways to...

If you ask your favorite search engine where Earth gets the most hail, it's likely to spit out Kericho. But can you use exploding rockets to suppress that hail? That's one question both companies and researchers tested...

The Pyramids of Giza have fascinated and confused us for hundreds of years, and while we know a lot about who built them and how they were made, one question that has remained is why they are where they are. And the answer to that...

There's a scientific reason most hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.99 percent of germs, and there's only one way to deal with the rest.



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When conditions are just right, one species can turn into hundreds in a short period of time. Welcome to the weird world of adaptive radiation. <b<br/>r/>

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Does childbirth increase your chance of breast cancer? Yes. But it also decreases it in the longterm ...depending on how old you are your first time around. It has to do with your hormones like estrogen and the damaged DNA in your...

We've all heard about microplastics, but where do they come from? And what can we do about ocean plastics? We'll follow a single water bottle on its journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and beyond.<b<br/>r/>

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Imagine you could remember everything that ever happened to you. Would it be a blessing, or a curse? Super rememberers, people with highly superior autobiographical memory or HSAM, have the answer -- and may also be able to tell us how...

Leeches are bloodsucking parasites, and you wouldn't think they're great at protecting other species. Yet for some conservationists, these little vampires are one of the best tools available for conserving endangered and threatened...

An asteroid nearly twice the size of the one that killed the dinosaurs left a record-setting crater in South Africa. If you look closely, you can still see it today, 2 billion years later. <b<br/>r/>

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