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Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

Pope Francis meets with Martin Scorsese on January 31, 2024 in Vatican City. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will produce a new documentary featuring the ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

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