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Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...

The secretion left behind when the snails crawl on mesh or glass is used to make snail mucin products which are used in the ...

Sunset is a sports bar going through an identity crisis, and we don’t care which one it chooses. A line of wall-mounted TVs ...

MicroRNAs control the activity of many key genes but were unknown before 1993.