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A new study explores how the extreme biology of pythons may point to an unexpected path for obesity research. Pythons don’t nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can ...

Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked biological timekeeping mechanisms to be ...

Researchers show that pharmacological activation of hypoxia signaling improves metabolism, limits fat accumulation, and restores bone health in obese ...

Peter Attia warns that simplicity is crushing nuance in science. I agree—so I took a closer look at his own argument on LDL, ...

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Two deep-sea amphipod species have been found to live in both hemispheres and share features, according to a new study that ...

Tickling may be evolutionarily ancient and recognized across cultures, but science has only scratched the surface of this ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when ...

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...