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Burmese pythons can grow up to 19 feet (almost six metres) in length. Such a big body requires big meals. They eat prey as large as cattle – and they eat them whole. No tearing into bite-size chunks, no chewing. Everything goes down all at once, bones and all. Snakes that are fed a boneless diet suffer from calcium deficiency, so digesting skeletons is important for their health. But how they avoid absorbing …

A new discovery in one of the most remote and extreme parts of the ocean is challenging our understanding of life at incredible depths. Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, at nearly 8,000 meters, scientists have found an organism that defies expectations. For decades, this dark and hostile environment was thought to harbor only scavengers, but recent findings suggest there is …

Credit: MotivateBootCamp. In recent years, the popularity of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy has soared so dramatically that they’ve inspired new vocabulary, spurred global shortages, and prompted moral debates. Prescription growth hit 13% in just three months, with 2 million Americans now using the drug. Marketed as “miracle drugs,” these medications, part of a class called GLP-1 receptor agonists, …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌾 The Moon-Rice project is developing “super-dwarf” rice to support long-duration space missions and extreme Earth environments. 🛰️ Led by the Italian Space Agency, the project involves collaboration between three Italian universities specializing in rice genetics, crop physiology, and space crop production. 🔬 The research focuses on using CRISPR-Cas technology to create compact, productive rice varieties that …