We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive ...

Apply insecticides, especially grub control, to your lawn. Check with your local university co-op extension service (find yours here) to learn the right time to do it in your area. Moles may go ...

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly ...

Scientists report that the naked mole rat’s age-defying superpower likely relates to a protein called cGAS (or cyclic guanosine monophosphate–adenosine monophosphate synthase), which plays a role in ...

Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before ...

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