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Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo's jungles that preys on "zombie fungus" that ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

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A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary ...

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