The Confusing Origin of Locust Swarms

Certain grasshoppers are generally mild-mannered and solitary creatures.1 However, when their population becomes dense enough, their bodies physically change and they clump together, sometimes forming the kinds of swarms that have plagued mankind throughout history.


Where Did Flesh-eating Bacteria Come From?

Flesh-eating zombies may be the work of science fiction horror, but necrotizing soft tissue infection—a severe type of infection that destroys tissue—is a real condition that can kill about 30 percent of those infected and disfigure the rest.


Corrupted Chemical Communication Causes Disease

By Brian Thomas, M. S. and Christine Dao*

What If Evolution Were True?

What if all life evolved from a common ancestor by means of gradual changes as Darwin suggested? What evidence would we expect to find?

Those Amazing G Protein Receptors

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