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Destroying crazy ant nest structure makes them vulnerable to pathogens
Tan crazy worker ants tend to the larvae. Photo: Edward LeBrun/University of Texas at Austin. Aggressive tan crazy ants are ...
Static electricity can remove frost from windows using little energy
Airplanes are usually defrosted by spraying them with antifreeze. Jaromir Chalabala / Alamy Static electricity can remove up to three-quarters ...
Women have supercharged immune systems and we now know why
The women in my family are hardy, to put it lightly. They have shaken off countless illnesses and powered through ...
He Erased Memory in Mice. Then Thought About Erasing His Own
Explore Steve Ramirez was feeling on top of the world in 2015. His father, Pedro Ramirez, had snuck into the ...
Teen designs and builds a robotic hand with only LEGOs
Get the daily Popular Science newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips delivered every weekday. In October the student presented robotic ...
A parts list of promoters and gRNA scaffolds for mammalian genome engineering and molecular recording
Design, synthesis and functional characterization of diversified U6 promoters To date, only a handful of Pol III promoters have been ...
Prehistoric Jomon people in Japan had ‘little to no’ DNA from the mysterious Denisovans, study finds
The Jomon people of prehistoric Japan had “virtually no Denisovans.” DNAsuggesting their ancestors may not have had contact with this ...
This browser extension lets me control Chrome without a mouse, and I’m not going back
Did you know that in Chrome you can open tabs, click links, scroll pages, and even navigate menus—all using just ...
Astronaut who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth dies aged 97
Смотреть: Момент, когда Джим Ловелл сказал Земле: «Хьюстон, у нас проблема», когда на Аполлоне-13 произошел сбой Астронавт Джим Ловелл, который ...
Neanderthals Boasted Larger Jaws Than Humans Due to a Tiny Difference in DNA
Whenever people think of Neanderthals, they probably picture a caveman in dire need of a haircut. However, there is something ...
