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Connecticut town manager loses $210k-a-year job after officials discover her side hustle — 2,000 miles away in Wyoming

Connecticut town manager loses 0k-a-year job after officials discover her side hustle — 2,000 miles away in Wyoming

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Scientists Discover an Organism That Defies All Rules of Life!

Scientists Discover an Organism That Defies All Rules of Life!

In a groundbreaking study published in BioRxiv, researchers have unveiled a mysterious microbe that forces us to rethink what it means to be alive. The study, led by Ryo Harada and his colleagues, introduces Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a novel organism discovered in DNA samples taken from plankton near Japan’s coast. Unlike anything scientists have encountered before, Sukunaarchaeum offers profound insights into …

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Scientists discover amino acid switch that turns fat into a calorie-burning furnace

Scientists discover amino acid switch that turns fat into a calorie-burning furnace

Consuming fewer calories is largely accepted as a way to improve health and lose weight, but a recently published study in Nature Metabolism points to a specific sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine as a key component in weight loss. In the study “Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss,” researchers discovered that when study participants restricted their calorie intake, …

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Iconic ‘The Starry Night’ painting helps discover new quantum vortex

Iconic ‘The Starry Night’ painting helps discover new quantum vortex

Famous American writer Isaac Asimov once said, “There is an art to science, and science in art.” A new study proves this quote right by highlighting a never-before-seen connection between Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “The Starry Night” and quantum physics. The main focus of the study is the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI), an effect observed in the everyday world when …

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Scientists Discover Sea Spiders Thriving in Total Darkness, Feeding on Methane Deep on the Ocean Floor

Scientists Discover Sea Spiders Thriving in Total Darkness, Feeding on Methane Deep on the Ocean Floor

A fascinating study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals a groundbreaking discovery about the feeding behavior of sea spiders in methane-rich ecosystems off the coast of Southern California. Marine biologist Shana Goffredi and her team have uncovered a new survival strategy that enables these tiny, translucent arachnids, identified as Sericosura, to thrive in one of …

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Scientists Discover a Viral Cause of One of The World’s Most Common Cancers

Scientists Discover a Viral Cause of One of The World’s Most Common Cancers

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was thought in rare cases to contribute to skin cancer by worsening UV damage, but a new study suggests it can actually hijack the body’s cells to directly drive cancer growth. These fresh conclusions came from a study of a 34-year-old …

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Scientists discover an organism that defies the definition of life

Scientists discover an organism that defies the definition of life

A tidy textbook definition of life has never existed, yet most biology lessons still lean on the idea that living things must grow, make energy, and reproduce on their own. That simple checklist leaves viruses outside the club, since their genetic shells activate only inside another organism and go dormant again when drifting alone. Ryo Harada of Dalhousie …

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A tree that grows underneath the ground? Discover the trees that grow trunks, fruit and even flowers below the earth

A tree that grows underneath the ground? Discover the trees that grow trunks, fruit and even flowers below the earth

Subterranean forests are not a figment of a science-fiction writer’s imagination, but actually exist. The Hayward Gallery’s ‘Among the Trees’ exhibition in 2020 included a remarkable photograph by Rachel Sussman of a 13,000-year-old tree, Parinari capensis, growing beneath the red sandy soil of South Africa’s savannah. Or rather, it showed the uppermost crown, the only part of the tree in …

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