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Fruit was disappearing from a parasitic plant in southern Japan, sometimes nearly an entire plant's worth overnight. Ants ...

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Dogs have lived beside people for thousands of years, but modern breeds tell only the newest part of that history. Today, ...

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Candida auris is a yeast that settles on human skin and hair and refuses to leave. Most people have never heard of it.