Brazilian biologists working in the Amazon noticed that Ophiocordyceps -infected ants seemed to prefer ending their doomed ascent in patches of moss, so they took a peek inside the plants. Analyzing ...

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Some scientists think that in five billion years, as the Sun ages and transforms into a Red Giant, Earth will be swallowed whole, effectively ending its 10-billion-year-long existence. However, due to ...

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