A Sea Anemone Uses CARDIB to Fight Viruses—and It’s Even More Bizarre Than It Sounds
Floating outside the salt marsh silt it usually nestles in, the starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) looks a…
New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Targets Superbugs in a Way ‘Never Been Seen Before’
Researchers have worried for decades that all the “low-hanging fruit” for new antibiotics have already been taken, leaving…
Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19
Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earth—or roughly 55,000 unique flora, by some estimates—currently call Brazil…
Scientists Find a Built-In Weapon Against Peanut Allergies: Human Spit
A host of tiny microbes common to both human mouth and gut microbiomes have been shown to capably…