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Meet Mosura fentoni, a bizarre 506-million-year-old "sea-moth" with three eyes, claws, and an abdomen full of gills.
Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence ...
Paleontologists at the Manitoba Museum and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale of Canada. The results are announced in a ...
It turns out that preservation of these structures is widespread, confirming the ancient origin of this type of circulatory ...
Blood is three times thicker than water and the average person has about five litres (or nine pints) of it in their body. Of the 50-75 trillion cells in the body, half are red blood cells.
AFP via Getty Images This cocktail of dyes, alcohol, water, and formaldehyde flushes congealed blood out of the circulatory system ... Research Fellow at The Anatomy Lab, Surgeons’ Hall Museums ...
While the main skeletal function is to provide structural support for the body, the system also stores important minerals, forms red blood cells ... Virginia-based physical therapist and professor of ...
This important study shows that nutrient stress emanating from the microenvironment induces metabolic vulnerabilities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Using a combination of cell-based and ...
If your blood sugar is too high or too low, an alert goes off, or an automatic insulin injector may be triggered. These monitors are convenient and avoid the pain of constant finger pricks. There are ...
A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the immune system and ... parasites attach to blood vessel walls, a process ...
Your autonomic nervous system lets your brain manage vital functions, such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and food digestion. This system is divided into two parts that balance each ...