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Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they ...

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A team of Greek entomologists has identified a new species of cave-dwelling cricket hidden beneath the island of Kastellorizo. Named Dolichopoda balrogiafter the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology ...

Leonard Nimoy used to do the Vulcan mind-meld with his fingers spread on your face -- my mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts -- and just like ...

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According to new research, a warming climate is making parts of the state more hospitable to the illness — and the mosquitoes that carry it.