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4 Animals That Don’t Have Resident Gut Microbiomes
We humans couldn’t live without our gut microbes, but not all animals rely on microscopic digestive communities like we do. And understanding why these animals ditched their microbial partners can teach us a lot about the costs and...
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It’s Probably Not Aliens on Venus… But It Could Be | SciShow News
Is there life on Venus? If there is, it would have to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen! New evidence means the possibility of life there is in question, but it could also mean a few other things.
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5 Ecosystems Thriving in the Least Likely Places
Around the world, living things have managed to build truly extraordinary ecosystems in some of the last places you would think to look. Understanding these ecosystems can help us protect or repair them, and it can also help us...
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Dangerous Soaps: How Animals Use Surfactants
When you think of surfactants, you might think of soaps, detergents and other man-made chemicals. But it turns out that some other animals utilize their own versions of these sudsy molecules.
NASA
Gravity Assist: There’s Life Under Ice in Antarctica. How About Mars?
From diving in Antarctica’s ice-covered lakes to exploring Mexico’s Cave of the Crystals, NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay has been searching for life in a wide variety of extreme environments on Earth.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Life? With Susan Schneider
If astrobiologists find life beyond Earth in the solar system, it will most likely be in the form of tiny organisms called microbes – nothing that would talk to us.
TMW Media
Searching for Life in the Galaxy: Possible planets that do or did have life
What planets could have had life on them in our solar system? What planet or moon might have life besides Earth? Searching for Life in the Galaxy, Part 2
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HIV particles budding. Animation of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) budding from a host cell
HIV particles budding. Animation of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) budding from a host cell
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HIV particle. Animation of a rotating HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) particle
HIV particle. Animation of a rotating HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) particle
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HIV particle infecting a cell. Animation of an HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) particle infecting a host cell
HIV particle infecting a cell. Animation of an HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) particle infecting a host cell