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Scientists once thought that aging and death were the inevitable fate of all complex living things. But then, by accident, they discovered they were wrong.
On today's Moment of Science, we'll be sniffing our way through a controversial culinary conundrum: the great cilantro debate.
Grandmother elephants are important for the survival of baby calves.
English is full of phrases that connect appearance to taste. However, scientists have been discovering that the connection between the two runs deeper than simple metaphors.
Sometimes, when a frog eats a large insect, you can see it squirming in the frog’s belly, desperate to escape. Lack of air, acids, and digestive enzymes seal its inevitable doom.
Today's Surprising Science looks at the emerging field of astromycology and how fungi might just hold the key to our space exploration efforts.
Our last Surprising Science took us out of this world to learn more about how scientists determine potentially habitable planets. Today, we’re back on Earth to look at how some of our smallest life forms are impacting the art world.
How does introducing a new species impact an environment? The unique case of the Lazarus lizard shows there's more than one possible outcome.
Scientific breakthroughs can come from some surprising sources. Today's episode of Surprising Science looks at how different branches can create breakthroughs in other fields.
Scientific breakthroughs can come from surprising sources. In the second installment of this series, we look at another recent example of this.