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A cat is seen in the hotel which offers various services such as personal care and accommodation for cats and dogs in Erbil, Iraq on October 18, 2022.
The biggest difference between human vision and cat vision is in the retina, a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that contains cells called photoreceptors.
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Cartoon of a person in a cryogenic chamber with scientists studying him.
Millions of dollars are going toward companies worldwide looking to lengthen the human lifespan.
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Doctors say they’ve likely cured yet another person of HIV using a specialized form of stem cell transplant. The patient has remained HIV-free for six years and is the first known woman to have successfully undergone the procedure. The doctors used a novel technique that transplanted stem cells from a relative and a…

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Gizmodo : Environment

Fungi are some of the strangest living things on Earth. Some are single-celled organisms like bacteria, other are multicellular beings akin to plants and animals. Some can even shapeshift between these forms of life. However they look, they’re an integral part of the environment: Many fungi act as nature’s recyclers,…

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An emaciated elephant is shown standing sideways to the camera. The elephant's back has a marked dent in the spine.
Pai Lin, a rescue elephant who spent over 25 years in Thailand's trekking industry. The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand said the work has deformed her back forever.
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Researchers understand the structure of brains and have mapped them out in some detail, but they still don't know exactly how they process data — for that, a detailed "circuit map" of the brain is needed. 

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Microscopic view of cells on the left, alongside a stock image of mice
Gizmodo : Environment

Elizabeth Clare’s airborne eDNA project is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for demonstrating a way to use airborne DNA to reveal which species are present in an environment.

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Gizmodo : Environment

You’ve probably heard the stories: that through an intricate network of underground fungi, trees send nutrients and warning signals back and forth to one another.

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Two adult killer whales breach the water. One is rubbing against the other.
Two Southern Resident killer whales.