VIDEO: Researchers have found that a sea slug that acquires defensive chemicals from eating algae has a surprising twist. The toxic chemicals, kahalalides, are actually made by bacteria that live inside… view more Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of algae, rooting around to find the choicest bits.…
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To be the biological child of an anonymous sperm donor today is to live in a state of perpetual anticipation. Having never imagined a world in which donors could be tracked down by DNA, in their early years sperm banks did not limit the number of families to whom one donor’s sperm would be sold…
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Would you pay $285 for a skimpy blue bikini with multicolored elastic threaded through multicolored crochet trim? How about $176? Or better yet, $38? These are the options available to crochet-bikini lovers now that Target has jumped into one of the messiest swimsuit tales ever to unravel. The big-box retailer this spring began to offer…
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Scabies can be controlled with a pill or two, and the protective effect lasts for years, scientists reported on Wednesday. At present, the standard remedy is a skin cream with an insecticide that does not provide long-term protection. In poor countries, pills can be distributed throughout a village, ridding whole communities of the parasite. While…
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Who says there isn’t still some bohemia left in the East Village? Club Cumming, a cabaret bar operated by Alan Cumming, the actor, occupies a space on East Sixth Street that has been a gay dive bar, under different names, for about three decades. In its incarnation as Wonderbar during the 1990s, a flimsy wall…
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Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher The form at the animal shelter asked Bob Morris a simple question: “Why do you want to get a dog?” Although the answer could have been simple, Mr. Morris was unsure. Was his newfound desire for…
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Days before he was found dead in the East River this week, Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTube personality known as Etika whose gaming videos attracted thousands of fans, recorded an eight-minute video that worried, rather than amused, his followers. In the video, which has since been removed by YouTube but was copied and posted in…
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