Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would-be predators. Some species of sea slugs, however, such as Platydoris scabra, have evolved immunity against the toxins of specific sponge ...

“He said to his engineers, ‘We have to devise something. I don’t want these people sneezing on the food.’” The “sneeze guard” had been around in name for some time but typically ...

A simple sneeze can travel up to 100 miles an hour and spray a cloud of 100,000 germs. Sounds gross, but sneezing is actually a protective reflex that's designed to keep you healthy. It begins ...

Nervous. “Talking relaxes me,” I tell him. Then 20 minutes pass. “I feel floaty, spacey, woozy — like a sea sponge, a collection of porous cells.” Should I close or open my eyes?

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A sponge population can pump something like 1,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water in just one day. 'They also recycle a lot of organic material, so they're really important for the carbon ...

Agelas dispar is a type of sea sponge that contains compounds capable of killing common drug-resistant bacteria and could lead to new antibiotics. Researchers at the University of São Paulo (São ...

If you can't stop sneezing every time allergy season rolls around, you're not alone. But have you ever had trouble sneezing? Your nose and eyes are itchy and it seems like you have to sneeze ...

Apr. 12, 2024 — A study suggests that people with diets high in seafood may face a greater risk of exposure to PFAS -- the family of human-made toxins known as 'forever chemicals' -- than ...

Fortunately, Spanish dancers possess a potent toxin, which deters predators. Sea sponges and other sessile (anchored) organisms compete fiercely with each other for space using physical and ...