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02/03/2022

Gory footage confirms orca pods can kill adult blue whales

Feb 03 2022 6:00 AM

For the first time, three recorded events show that orcas do hunt and eat blue whales using coordinated attacks that have worked on other large whales.

A deadly bacteria has been infecting children for more than 1,400 years

Feb 02 2022 8:00 PM

DNA from a 6th century boy's tooth reveals signs of the earliest known Haemophilus influenzae type b infection, shedding light on the pathogen's history.

Genetically engineered immune cells have kept two people cancer-free for a decade

Feb 02 2022 11:00 AM

Long-lasting leukemia remission prompts doctors to call CAR-T cell therapy a 'cure' for some.

Vinegar eels can synchronize swim

Feb 02 2022 9:00 AM

Swarming, swimming nematodes can move together like fish and also synchronize their wiggling — an ability rare in the animal kingdom.

A faulty immune response may be behind lingering brain trouble after COVID-19

Feb 02 2022 7:00 AM

The immune system's response to even mild cases of COVID-19 can affect the brain, preliminary studies suggest.

The past's extreme ocean heat waves are now the new normal

Feb 01 2022 2:00 PM

Marine heat waves that were rare more than a century ago now routinely occur in more than half of global ocean, suggesting we've hit a "point of no return."

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