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Step inside a honey bee colony, and you’ll find one of nature’s busiest and most crowded neighborhoods. 

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre.

Common dolphins are among the ocean’s most abundant mammals, but they are living shorter lives in the North Atlantic, according to a new study published Oct. 10 in Conservation Letters.

Scientists have long known that the Alzheimer’s brain often features abnormal plaques and tangles, and recent studies have highlighted the role that the brain’s vascular system plays in disease progression.

Marine algae use a unique pigment, siphonein, to shield photosynthesis from excess light.