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These Bloodsucking Leeches Jump like Striking Cobras

These Bloodsucking Leeches Jump like Striking Cobras Scientists observed leeches jumping like striking snakes, resolving long-standing debate By Gennaro Tomma A land leech of the genus Chtonobdella. Blickwinkel Volz/Alamy Stock Photo Bloodsucking land leeches are tiny but tenacious creatures: they…

Radioactive drugs strike cancer with precision

Enlarge / Pharma interest and investment in radiotherapy drugs is heating up. Knowable Magazine On a Wednesday morning in late January 1896 at a small light bulb factory in Chicago, a middle-aged woman named Rose Lee found herself at the…

World’s oldest wine found in 2000-year-old Roman tomb

The 2000-year-old wine found in a Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain Juan Manuel Román/University of Cordoba A reddish liquid found in a 2000-year-old Roman mausoleum in Spain is the oldest known liquid wine in existence, a chemical analysis has revealed.…