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Paris summit warns about “mirror life.” Scientists call for early limits on mirror bacteria that could evade defenses and ...

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Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown giant virus that may offer new insight into how complex life first evolved.

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Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...