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HIV was a big breakthrough in terms of talking about sex for baby boomers and Gen X, because it was the first time that for ...

Although many people only recognize fungi by their aboveground mushrooms, those formations are just the outermost display of ...

Researchers discovered that some comb jellies can fuse their bodies together when injured. The unique adaptation, which ...

Siphonophores are unusual animals made up of individual organisms called "zooids," which each have a distinct function — ...

Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA.

For most of the 20th century, each successive decade added about three extra years to people’s average lifespan in developed ...

The prize was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells ...

The prize was awarded for the discovery of microRNA and “its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” MicroRNA plays an ...

Van Mooy's research explores how tiny marine organisms called plankton affect the cycling of essential nutrients.