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UT Scientists Open Can of Worms on Animal Magnetic Field Detection

By Lauren Ferguson

For centuries, people have wondered how animals navigate, and the source of many species’ keen sense of direction has long been unclear. But now UT researchers...

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Jon’s Worms

By S. Kirk Walsh

Could microscopic worms be the key to identifying which genes cause problems in people with Down syndrome? For UT researcher Jon Pierce-Shimomura, whose son has...