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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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What Causes an Earworm? 

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What Causes an Earworm?

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Sperm Race Toward Fertility Awareness

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BMG LABTECH’s PHERAstar® FSX, CLARIOstar® Plus, and VANTAstar® readers

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Enhancing Enzymatic Assay Precision

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How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Wine?

Many spiral-shaped orange Borrelia bacteria.

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Malodorous flowers of three distinct plant lineages, Eurya (left), Asarum (middle), and Symplocarpus (right).

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Flowering Asarum flower and pollinating Megaselia fly.

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Floral Stink Evolved Through Three Amino Acid Changes

The Nutshell

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Science Crossword Puzzle

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An Accidental Career Path into Academic Administration

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain. 