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Biologists explain what the appappendix endix does and why it evolved
For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ancestors that serves no real purpose. That view is now outdated. A ...
NASA Research Announcement: Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System Appendix B Released
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released Appendix B of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH15ZTT001N, entitled “Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System.” ...
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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...
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