A brain parasite already living inside one-third of humanity is now the subject of alarming new research, and disclosure advocates say the classified files Trump just ordered to be released may hold ...

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You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of ...

The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty: The End #3, on sale now from Oni Press. There is a famous omnipotence paradox that goes, simply, "Could God create a stone so heavy that even he ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii cysts contain multiple parasite subtypes, not just one sleeping form.

A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed. New work on Toxoplasma gondii suggests that the so‑called dormant ...

More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...

Throughout cinematic history, great thrillers like Prisoners and Psycho have delivered masterclasses on how to build and maintain suspense throughout.

Twisting upwardly on trees and other plants—along with houses and even lampposts—vines are a wonder of nature. However, their marvels mask their parasitic behavior: in attaching to other life forms, ...

CABI scientists, who have published their research in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, suggest that an accidentally introduced parasitoid could help save wild box trees from ecological ...