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The discovery helps explains the drug's long-lasting effects and why microdosing might work.

For the first time, scientists have scanned the brain of a long-extinct animal.

The Oklahoman is still likely to be pushed through by the GOP.

Previously only dead specimens had been found.

Environmentalists worry about Trump's impact on Earth's flora and fauna.

The Illacme tobini millipede has 414 legs and four gonopods—the millipede equivalents of penises.

The animals, also known as devil dogs, mud puppies and snot otters, still face the threat of extinction.

It was a great year for weed and gravitational waves.

Little marine worms are hugely expensive.

The spider may be able to select leaves with hues similar to its own body for more effective camouflage.

Our list includes "Weiner," "O.J.: Made in America," "Newtown" and "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years."

His choice, Scott Pruitt, is an outspoken critic of the agency and a global warming skeptic.

It's too soon to be sure, but the effect of the drug could be permanent.

Researchers detected DNA from more than 600 different types of arthropods (insects and spiders) as well as material from lobsters.

A new test that spots this deadly mutation can save dairy farmers millions.

Leprosy was passed from humans to squirrels long ago, and may be passed back again.

These clairvoyant animals have predicted who the next president will be. Might as well call the race now.

A newly discovered inch-long millipede has more legs than the chorus line at Radio City Music Hall.

Terrified of Tuesday? Keep yourself occupied with titles like "Broad City," "Bulworth" and "Black Mirror."

Some common insecticides alter plants' genetics, making them more vulnerable to tiny, destructive arachnids.

There are fewer than 500 whooping cranes left in the wild.

More than 10 percent of the fewer than 1,500 remaining animals have been destroyed.

Representing certain properties as musical notes offers insight into protein folding.

This is the first documentation of a boa eating a vampire bat.

The change in coloration might impact the way the birds select mates.

Some researchers say the work doesn't account for new technologies; others praise it.

Some evidence suggests the Zika virus can hitch a ride on other mosquitoes.

The insect hadn't been seen in the United States for more than 30 years.

We know the surface of Mars better than we do the seafloor. Scientists plan to change that.

Hexavalent chromium is known to cause several types of cancer in humans.