Scientists think that as many as a billion people around the world could be newly exposed to the diseases spread by mosquitoes within the next fifty years as global temperatures rise.

The unique species of the tufted deer

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This small species lives throughout southern China, from high eastern Tibetan mountains to low coastal mountains, preferring forests and shrubby habitats. And its most interesting feature is its tusks.

Virtual reality and yawning

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There’s a big gap between how we act in virtual reality and how we act in real life, as scientists who did an experiment focused on yawning found out.

Not all antioxidants are the same

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We've heard a lot about how antioxidants can help prevent disease. Does that mean we should eat as many antioxidant-rich foods as possible?

Moths use acoustic camouflage

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Most moth species are active at night. It must be really dangerous to be a moth. Luckily, they've developed a few ways to protect themselves.

Why do humans like coffee?

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Scientists think that animals evolved the ability to detect bitter tastes in order to avoid things that are harmful or even poisonous. So why do we like coffee?

What makes swatting a fly so hard?

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Where most of us are concerned, the question is not whether we would hurt a fly but whether we could.

The mysteries of Oumuamua

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In October, 2017 astronomers at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii discovered something strange. It was an object, moving through the solar system too fast to have been captured by the sun’s gravitational pull.

Red cone, green cone

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Did you know that compared to creatures such as dogs and cats, humans can distinguish millions more shades of color?

Tsunamis in the oceans of Mars

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There's evidence that the northern lowlands of Mars are the basin of a huge ocean that existed more than 3 billion years ago, and covered about a third of the planet's surface.

Fighting back against root rot

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Root rot is a condition of indoor and outdoor plants. Root rot may be caused by poorly drained or overwatered soil, or soil-borne pathogens and nematodes.

In the atmosphere, microbes are walking on air

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Microbes are everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highest mountaintop. They're also in the air all around, riding the breeze up, up, up into sky.

The ant with moves like a cheetah

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But a cheetah isn’t the fastest animal in the world, even though a lot of people think it is. The animal that can move the fastest is actually a lot smaller: the Dracula ant.

Background noise and sleep quality

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Background white noise can help some peoples’ sleep quality by minimizing the length of time it takes them to get to sleep. So, what exactly is white noise?

Different rates of sea level rise

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Mid-Atlantic states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland have been hit particularly hard by rising sea levels

Ant doctors

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Do other species have healthcare?

How your attitude affects your body

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Our attitudes might affect us more than our genes do.

Can animals tell time?

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Does your pet give you the evil eye when they get fed a few minutes late? Its like they know...but do they?

Could The Gulf Stream collapse?

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The Gulf Stream is a current of warm water in the North Atlantic Ocean that travels up the Eastern coast of North America. Media reports have raised concerns that it may collapse as the climate warms due to human activities like burning fossil

Ice age plant survived the big chill

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Like a science fiction time traveler, an arctic plant of the late Pleistocene age, over 31,000 years old, was resurrected after a long frozen sleep.

Every time you eat a fig, remember a fig wasp lost its wings

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Figs have their thousands of individual flowers folded up inside them, so they can't rely on bees or wind to pollinate them with a male fig's pollen. That's where the fig wasp comes in.

Study links air pollution and a decline in cognitive function

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Has your brain been feeling foggy lately? Or maybe, smoggy? If you live somewhere affected by air pollution, there might be a connection.

The jellyfish that never grows old

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Scientists once thought that aging and death were the inevitable fate of all complex living things. But then, by accident, they discovered they were wrong.