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  Dance of the Supermodel Worm

  Though she's brainless, C. elegans has outwitted scientists for decades. Now that they've learned the secret to her magic motion, she's about to become the best understood organism in the world.

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  New Foot-long Tapeworms Identified

  A major group of tapeworms, parasitic flatworms that live on host nutrients, has been discovered.

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  Bizarre Tactic Drives Worms Out of the Ground

  Florida;s "worm grunters" are unintentionally mimicking the same vibrations as the worm’s most serious predator, the mole.

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  Name a Species

  For a price, you can name a newly-discovered marine species.

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  Teleportation and Wormholes: The Science of 'Jumper'

  The movie "Jumper" has a hero with the extraordinary power to teleport anywhere on Earth.

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  Rare 3-Foot Spitting Earthworm Found in Legal Battle

  A conservation group fights to protect a rare giant earthworm.

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  Why Does Rain Bring a Flood of Earthworms?

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  Comuter Security Glossary

  From adware to zombies.

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  Human Brain Has Origin in Lowly Worm

  The origin of the human brain has been traced back to primitive central nervous systems in worms and bugs, researchers now say.

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  Silk-Stringing Insects

  Silk works aren't the only ones who thread the natural world.

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  Sexual Orientation Hard-Wired in Worms' Brains

  Brain circuits determine sexual orientation of nematode worms.

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  Worms Live Longer on Fortified Steak and Chicken

  Experiments with worms suggest humans might one day be able to eat themselves to a longer and healthier life.

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  Ancient Prickly Bugs Discovered

  The slug-like creature likely scooted along the ocean floor with a muscular foot more than 500 million years ago.

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  Blind Snake Rediscovered After 100-Year Absence

  A rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting.

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  Tricky Parasite Creates Deadly Threesome

  A parasitic worm alters the sense of smell of its tiny shrimp-like host to steer the crustacean to get eaten by larger fish that serve as the parasite's adult host, scientists now reveal.

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  Gut Check: Dinosaur Had Worms

  Gut contents from the fossil of a plant-eating dinosaur living 75 million years ago reveal what could be the first evidence of parasitic stomach worms.

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  Ancient Fossilized Embryos Imaged in 3D

  Scientists get rare glimpse of 500-million-year-old unborn creatures using a new imaging technique.

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  Creature Prefers Deadly Scorching Water

  Scientists find worms with highest temperature preference of all known animals.

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  Attack Ants Feed on Worms and Snakes

  Sharp teeth and toxic venom help army ants bring down large prey.

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  The Real Spider-Man

  Scientist spins genetically engineered spider silk.