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Scientists Find That Vampire Bats ‘French Kiss’ With Mouthfuls Of Blood To Deepen Social Bonds

Besides grooming, vampire bats form stronger social bonds by sharing what researchers describe as 'French kisses' with mouths full of animal blood.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 23, 2020

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Scientists Find That Vampire Bats ‘French Kiss’ With Mouthfuls Of Blood To Deepen Social Bonds

Besides grooming, vampire bats form stronger social bonds by sharing what researchers describe as 'French kisses' with mouths full of animal blood.

By Natasha Ishak • March 23, 2020

Is Meditation The Reason Why This Monk’s Brain Is 8 Years Younger Than His Body?

A study examined master meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's brain development since he was 27 years old.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 18, 2020

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Is Meditation The Reason Why This Monk’s Brain Is 8 Years Younger Than His Body?

A study examined master meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's brain development since he was 27 years old.

By Natasha Ishak • March 18, 2020

How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • Mar 15, 2020

How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • March 15, 2020

Doctors Confirm That A Second Person Has Been Cured Of HIV Following Stem Cell Treatment

Adam Castillejo was tragically diagnosed with both HIV and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a miraculous twist, a stem cell treatment for the latter has cured him of the former.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 11, 2020

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Doctors Confirm That A Second Person Has Been Cured Of HIV Following Stem Cell Treatment

Adam Castillejo was tragically diagnosed with both HIV and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a miraculous twist, a stem cell treatment for the latter has cured him of the former.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 11, 2020

Patient’s Hand Transplants Unexpectedly Change Skin Tone To Match Hers

"I don't know how the transformation occurred. But it feels like my own hands now," said the 21-year-old transplant recipient.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 10, 2020

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Patient’s Hand Transplants Unexpectedly Change Skin Tone To Match Hers

"I don't know how the transformation occurred. But it feels like my own hands now," said the 21-year-old transplant recipient.

By Natasha Ishak • March 10, 2020

Sea Turtles Are Eating Plastic Because It Smells Like Food, Study Suggests

"Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to... it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics."

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 10, 2020

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Sea Turtles Are Eating Plastic Because It Smells Like Food, Study Suggests

"Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to... it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics."

By Marco Margaritoff • March 10, 2020

These 9-Pound, Bird-Eating Crabs ‘Talk’ To Each Other During Sex

Coconut crabs produce "tapping-like sounds" to communicate with each other and they make a variety of clicking noises during their entire mating sessions.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 3, 2020

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These 9-Pound, Bird-Eating Crabs ‘Talk’ To Each Other During Sex

Coconut crabs produce "tapping-like sounds" to communicate with each other and they make a variety of clicking noises during their entire mating sessions.

By Natasha Ishak • March 3, 2020

77 Fantastical Illustrations Of The Natural World, From Deep-Sea Octopuses To Carnivorous Plants

Whether it's the anatomy of a cucumber or the skull of a sunfish, these incredible illustrations captured the natural world before the advent of modern photography.

By Katie Serena • Mar 2, 2020

77 Fantastical Illustrations Of The Natural World, From Deep-Sea Octopuses To Carnivorous Plants

Whether it's the anatomy of a cucumber or the skull of a sunfish, these incredible illustrations captured the natural world before the advent of modern photography.

By Katie Serena • March 2, 2020

Scientists Discovered A Non-Oxygen Breathing Animal Species On Earth For The First Time

"They have lost their tissue, their nerve cells, their muscles, everything... And now we find they have lost their ability to breathe."

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 26, 2020

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Scientists Discovered A Non-Oxygen Breathing Animal Species On Earth For The First Time

"They have lost their tissue, their nerve cells, their muscles, everything... And now we find they have lost their ability to breathe."

By Natasha Ishak • February 26, 2020

How NASA’s Katherine Johnson Became One Of The ‘Hidden Figures’ Behind The Space Program

Even though trailblazing mathematician Katherine Johnson helped put some of the first astronauts into space in the 1960s, she didn't get her due until decades later.

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 26, 2020

How NASA’s Katherine Johnson Became One Of The ‘Hidden Figures’ Behind The Space Program

Even though trailblazing mathematician Katherine Johnson helped put some of the first astronauts into space in the 1960s, she didn't get her due until decades later.

By Natasha Ishak • February 26, 2020