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Despite its popularity, the science and regulations sur- rounding microbiome testing are still catching up, high- lighting the need for better standards and oversight.

Regulatory Gaps Plague At-Home Microbiome Tests

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors    photobombed his underwater images.

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

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Greenhouse whitefly - Trialeurodes vaporariorum on the underside of leaves. It is a currently important agricultural pest.

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Tiny diverse scientists are studying the covid-19 virus under a giant microscope. Vaccine development concept

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Opinion: Many Clinical Trials Fail to Navigate the Literature

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Truck parked in desert landscape with scattered vicu&ntilde;a carcasses.

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Vicuñas <em>(Lama vicugna)</em> run across the plains in San Guillermo National Park, Argentina.

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Andean condors (Vultur gryphus), which scavenge for vicu&ntilde;a carcasses left by predators such as pumas, spent less time in the park after the mange outbreak.

Vicu&ntilde;as <em>(Lama vicugna)</em> run across the plains in San Guillermo National Park, Argentina. 

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Researcher Julia Monk surveys vegetation cover in the park.

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How Mange Remade an Ecosystem

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Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) off Flame Reef, Santa Cruz, Channel Islands, California

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Illustration of puffer fish with mouth as a water tap.&nbsp;

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Pufferfish Don&rsquo;t Need Functional Stomach, Inflate Instead

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Infographic showing possible mechanisms of eukaryotic HGT

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Horizontal Gene Transfer Happens More Often Than Anyone Thought 

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Slideshow: Examples of Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer

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Illustration of a DNA virus sneaking genetic material into a host’s nucleus

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Infographic: Possible Mechanisms of Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes

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Fusion with Spider Silk Increases Anticancer Protein&rsquo;s Stability

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Bull Ant Venom Evolved to Make Bites More Painful to Mammals

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The Web of Life

DNA can cross the boundaries between species — or even kingdoms