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Origin and radiation of squids revealed by digital fossil-mining

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 29th June 2025

Science, Volume 388, Issue 6754, Page 1406-1409, June 2025. Summary Without the specific content of the Science article, I can only offer a generalized summary based on typical Science journal publications. A research article published in Science (Vol. 388, Read More

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WHO panel favors natural origin of COVID-19 virus but decries

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 28th June 2025

New report doesn’t rule out that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a lab in China, but says evidence for scenario remains “speculation” Summary A new report examines the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. While Read More

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Fossil fungi trapped in amber reveal ancient origin of parasitic

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 27th June 2025

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi and insects, suggesting that Ophiocordyceps fungi originated approximately 133 million years Read More