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8,270 results for: Fish

  1. Life

    The name of the fungus

    A rebellion has broken out against the traditional way of naming species in the peculiar, shape-shifting world of fungi.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Life

    Vitamin A deficit in the womb hurts immune development

    Mice deprived of vitamin A in utero grow up with undersized immune organs.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Animals

    How to count a sea turtle

    Trends, not absolute numbers, matter more when it comes to conservation efforts for sea turtles.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  4. Quantum Physics

    Quantum experts discuss the measurement problem: A transcript from 1994

    A fairly complete transcript of a discussion about quantum physics on May 19, 1994, the last day of a workshop in Santa Fe, N.M., evolves into a more general discussion of the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the quantum measurement problem.

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Animals

    The mystery of the missing fish heads

    When scientists opened up the stomachs of shortfin mako sharks, they found that nearly all of the digesting fish had no heads or tails.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Health & Medicine

    Overheard, baby edition: Making sense of new words

    Eavesdropping babies learn new words when they understand familiar ones.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Health & Medicine

    Sugar doesn’t make kids hyper, and other parenting myths

    There’s no shortage of advice out there for parents, but some pearls of wisdom simply aren’t true.

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Animals

    Fish lose their fear on a denuded reef

    Juvenile damselfish lose their ability to smell danger when in a degraded habitat.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  9. Materials Science

    Making artificial muscles with a spin

    Scientists have given ordinary fishing line and sewing thread a new twist. When coiled into tight corkscrews, the fibers can lift loads more than 100 times as heavy as those hefted by human muscles.

    By Meghan Rosen
  10. Health & Medicine

    Brush kids’ teeth with just a little fluoride toothpaste

    The American Dental Association has released new brushing guidelines for infants.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Environment

    How oil breaks fish hearts

    Hydrocarbons that spill into oceans stifle the beat of tuna cardiac cells.

    By Beth Mole
  12. Climate

    Sharks could serve as ocean watchdogs

    Tagged with sensors, toothy fish gather weather and climate data in remote Pacific waters.

    By Beth Mole