In April 1952, public health officials appeared at city hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to voice a concern. The city’s Dyckman Hotel, they argued, harbored an illicit buffet-style spread, dubbed ...
Humans have found many ways around the vicious game of biological competition. You didn't crawl out of the hospital nursery past hordes of hungry predators, and you probably didn't fight anyone ...
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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 ...
A deep, dark section of the Pacific Ocean — the abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone — contains more than 5,500 marine life species, about 90 percent of which are new to science ...
From quick microwave hacks to DIY cleaning solutions, here's how to clean a sponge the right way “Sponges can be breeding grounds for bacteria,” says Brandon Pleshek, a third-generation ...
Sponges are unsung heroes for thousands living with chronic illnesses, and they may have the potential to help many more. There are over 9,000 described species of sponge (Porifera) living in the ...
The Big Mouth Billy Bass and other singing fish were a scourge first delivered to us in the late 90s. [Kevin Heckart] has been teaching them to sing new songs without the tinny sound quality and ...
Nearly a quarter of Americans — or 81-million people in the United States — suffer from seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Early-season allergies ...
Actually, it's more like eat and be eaten for most organisms. While plants and some bacteria can make their own food, other organisms must eat living things to survive. This makes them predators.