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Novel targets identified for treatment of schistosomiasis
The worms that cause schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni) are unusual in several ways, especially the fact that…
Observers investigate a short-period X-ray binary system
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer…
Wormlike animals are first amphibians shown to pass microbes to their offspring
Caecilians are an elusive type of amphibian that primarily live underground and look like a cross…
Study uses pine slash to improve soil
Pine slash—a major problem after recent flooding events—could be chipped and used to rehabilitate soil, new…
'Slow disaster': Indonesians in sinking village forced to adapt
Indonesian teacher Sulkan leafs through pictures at his small sea-surrounded mosque, remembering a marching band and…
Thousands more evacuated as Greece battles wildfires
Authorities evacuated nearly 2,500 people from the Greek island of Corfu on Monday as crews fight…
A mysterious interstellar radio signal has been blinking on and off every 22 minutes for more than 30 years
Last year, we made an intriguing discovery—a radio signal in space that switched on and off…
Within sight of New York City, a despoiled river comes back to life
He is not a lawyer, finance guy or a politician, but activist Bill Sheehan has moved…
Thousands flee Greek island fires as southern US swelters
Around 30,000 people were moved to safety on the Greek island of Rhodes where a wildfire…