Ringworm is a very common fungal infection that is not, despite its name, caused by a worm. It is caused by the fungus Tinea, which is highly contagious. Anyone can get ringworm, although some ...

Scared of sushi? The Anisakis worm is a parasite that can cause nasty infections in humans who enjoy eating raw fish. It is 2 cm long and is sometimes coughed up after ingesting it in raw or ...

But it has nothing to do with a worm and everything to do with a fungus. Skin can get scaly too as ringworm progresses. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that leaves a stamp on your skin.

Mimicking nematode kinks could help soft robots jump effectively on unstable terrain like sand, boosting movement in tough environments.

Worms move faster in an environment riddled with randomly-placed obstacles than they do in an empty space. This surprising observation by physicists at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands ...

Worms Zone .io APK is a competitive .io game featuring straightforward 2D graphics developed by the CASUAL AZUR GAMES studio. Inspired by the classic game of the snake, it gives you the mission of ...

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A parasitic worm may raise the risk of cervical cancer through several mechanisms, scientists have found, although HPV remains the primary driver behind the disease.

Then there’s going to be oxygen in that pile. Microbes are going to come to life. There are going to be worms processing that material. So after a year or so, you are going to end up with what I ...

The way many people enjoy their Ferrero Rocher is by popping it into their mouths at once. But this TikTok will have you rethinking how you enjoy the crumbly chocolate and hazelnut ball delicacy.

“Kawaii,” the closest Japanese equivalent to the contemporary English “cute,” goes further. Here the cute isn’t so much unthreatening as threatened. According to the Japanese cultural ...