Science & Health
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Extinct Tasmanian Tigers Were Way Tinier and Wimpier Than We Thought
An extensive analysis of dozens of Tasmanian tiger specimens suggests the extinct marsupial was far smaller, and far less formidable as a hunter, than conventionally assumed.
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Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster
As the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn once said, “There’s always a bigger fish.” Or in the case of the Triassic Period, there’s always a bigger aquatic reptile, as this incredible fossil demonstrates.
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Covid-19 Just Passed Another Horrible Milestone in the U.S.
The covid-19 pandemic has just breezed through another ignoble milestone in the U.S. The viral disease has taken more American lives this year than almost all other leading causes — it ranks behind only heart disease and cancer.
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Some People Produce Antibodies to Opioid Drugs, Study Finds
Preliminary research out this week found that patients taking opioids for chronic pain can produce antibodies to the drugs, which could help explain some of the side-effects of long-term opioid use; these antibodies may also hamper efforts to create opioid vaccines, which scientists hope could treat opioid use disorder better than existing medications.