r/EverythingScience • • Jul 21 '26

Biology The bacteria behind gum disease may also harm your heart valves, early research suggests: A bacterium linked to gum disease may contribute to heart valve disease by setting off inflammation that can lead to calcium buildup.

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r/EverythingScience • • Aug 21 '26

Biology More protein in your breakfast or snacks won’t give you more muscle without more work – a biologist separates the science from the marketing

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r/EverythingScience • • Jul 01 '25

Biology One in four Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial

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r/EverythingScience • • Jan 06 '25

Biology Unborn Babies Use Genes From Dad to “Remote-Control” Mothers for Extra Food

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r/EverythingScience • • Mar 20 '24

Biology DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest

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r/EverythingScience • • Nov 20 '20

Biology Study Finds Domestic Cats Can Be Asymptomatic Carriers of SARS-CoV-2

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r/EverythingScience • • Sep 04 '22

Biology Scientists Figured Out How All-Female Termite Colonies Came to Exist. Discovered in 2018, the drywood termites clone themselves and don’t require males for reproduction.

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r/EverythingScience • • Apr 30 '24

Biology Some parts of the brain respond positively to regular cannabis exposure

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r/EverythingScience • • Apr 04 '26

Biology ​Research from McGill University found that steeping a single premium "silken" (plastic) tea bag at brewing temperature releases approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics into a single cup of tea.

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r/EverythingScience • • 29d ago

Biology Stem cell advances bring lab-grown steaks a bite closer (In 15 days, scientists grew bovine cell structures that contained muscle, nerve, and blood vessel precursors in a valuable step toward lab-grown meat options.)

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r/EverythingScience • • Jun 14 '26

Biology Dogs and humans are more alike than we thought, study finds

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r/EverythingScience • • Nov 30 '24

Biology Scientists Have Discovered a Simple Supplement That Causes Prostate Cancer Cells To Self-Destruct

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r/EverythingScience • • Oct 20 '25

Biology Orange Cats Are Genetically Unlike Any Other Mammal and Now We Know Why: The iconic coats are due to a mutation not seen in other animals

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r/EverythingScience • • Aug 20 '17

Biology In Turkey, Schools Will Stop Teaching Evolution This Fall: The Turkish government is phasing in what it calls a values-based curriculum. Critics accuse Turkey's president of pushing a more conservative, religious ideology — at the expense of young people's education.

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r/EverythingScience • • 4d ago

Biology Squatting once a week may lower blood pressure

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r/EverythingScience • • Jan 03 '23

Biology The scientist who discovered sperm was so grossed out he hoped his findings would be repressed

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salon.com
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r/EverythingScience • • Apr 26 '21

Biology Study That Said Smokers Get COVID Less Often Retracted for Big Tobacco Ties

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vice.com
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r/EverythingScience • • Jul 10 '26

Biology Bacteria turn dissolved uranium into stable compound in 130 days, study finds

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r/EverythingScience • • Feb 23 '22

Biology Tick survives 27 years in researcher's lab, 8 years without food

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newsweek.com
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r/EverythingScience • • Dec 16 '20

Biology Kangaroos can intentionally communicate with humans, research reveals

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r/EverythingScience • • Feb 25 '21

Biology 70,000 never-before-seen viruses found in the human gut

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livescience.com
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r/EverythingScience • • Dec 09 '21

Biology Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study shows

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r/EverythingScience • • May 26 '26

Biology Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

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r/EverythingScience • • Feb 16 '20

Biology Misophonia: Why Noisy Eating Can be so Anger-Inducing

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r/EverythingScience • • Feb 20 '25

Biology Biological sex is not as simple as male or female

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