Meet Ferreiraella populi, a weird mollusk discovered in Japan. Keep reading to find out how Rihanna is involved.

Kuru is a rare, fatal and incurable neurodegenerative prion disease historically observed among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea and associated with ritualistic cannibalism. Since the release of ...

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Some accusations stemmed from an FBI interview with a unidentified man. There was no credible evidence to support them.

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The species we tested were lion’s mane ( Hericium erinaceus ), turkey’s tail ( Trametes versicolor) and cordyceps ( Cordyceps ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other animal in the food we consume. We also delight in the culinary arts, ...

Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long. Local officials and researchers have chased sea lions ...

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