Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infection resulting from a scratch or bite of a cat (or, in rarer cases, dogs or other animals). It is not the same thing as Cat Scratch Fever, an album by Ted...
Leafcutter ants can strip as much as 17%聽of the leaf biomass from plants in their ecosystem and can clear聽entire trees in under a day. Next to ours, leafcutter ant society is the most complex...
Yes, that's right. Chickens do have ears although they are hidden by the feathers on the side of the head. But when the feathers聽are pushed aside, the openings that serve as ears appear. There is...
What if your dentist could apply a gel to your cavities (or dental caries) that would soften necrotic tissue but leave your healthy dentin alone, allowing the affected tooth tissue to simply be...
An explosion and fire at a Texas chemical plant fuelled by the extremely flammable gas isobutylene has killed one employee and left the public wondering why such a dangerously flammable gas is...
It鈥檚 a commonplace occurrence: When a baby is done eating, their mom or dad places them over their shoulder and pats their back to get them to burp....
Glass is made by heating sand and then allowing it to cool down. Sand, or silicon dioxide, has a highly ordered arrangement of its silicon and oxygen atoms. In other words, it has a well-defined...
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