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We know that many different animals have shockingly high levels of intelligence — but how many truly have consciousness? A group of scientists and academics thinks...
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Biomedical researcher Sonia Vallabh’s life was turned upside down when she learned she had the genetic mutation for a rare and fatal illness, prion disease, that...
If Pokémon existed in the wild, which animals would be in their weight class? We used the Pokédex to find the exact weights of 11 of...