Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

Dinoflagellates play crucial roles in aquatic ecosystems, particularly as major contributors to harmful algal blooms. They can enter a dormant stage, known as the resting cyst stage, that allows ...

Jewelry ranks among the top five gifts for Valentine's Day, according to the National Retail Federation. Since it's often a ...

If Time’s cover is intended to be provocative, it would not be the first time the magazine’s famed front page could drive a wedge between Trump and a top acolyte. Time’s latest feature of ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into ...

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Sydney Page is a staff reporter who writes for The Washington Post’s Inspired Life section, a collection of stories about humanity. She has been a contributor to The Post since 2018, and has ...