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A new time-lapse captures mycorrhiza in motion at a sub-cellular level for the first time. Dr Jennifer McGaley explains how ...

It turns out that the chuckles of humans and great apes follow similar rhythms, with regular timing between their laughs, a ...

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released newly declassified documents claiming U.S. funding supported more than 120 biological research facilities across over 30 countries, ...