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A new study finds that snails can modulate the properties of their slime.
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Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment
Ari Daniel
Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
President Trump stands near models of his arch during an October 2025 event with White House ballroom donors. The administration's proposed design and location for the structure have changed little since then.
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"When I'm in the desert, I can feel a feeling of being a part of something bigger than me, which is how I think of the divine," says writer Claire Vaye Watkins. "I can really appreciate that I'm a part of this living land, and I give it something, and it gives me something." Her latest novel is Yellow Pine.
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Death is everywhere in the desert — it's where Claire Vaye Watkins feels most alive
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Annina Van Neel looks at a plaque commemorating the burial place of the remains of some liberated African slaves found during the construction of a power plant, on October 18, 2017, at the graveyard of Saint Paul's Cathedral, south of Jamestown, in the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena. Skeletons of 325 former slaves were discovered during the construction of St. Helena's first airport on the South Atlantic island. After it abolished slave trade in 1807, Britain intercepted Portuguese slave ships sailing off the waters of St. Helena, which lies on what was then a notorious slave route from Africa to the Americas. Between 1840 and 1865, around 25,000 slaves were freed and released on St. Helena, according to historians. (Gianluigi Guerica/AFP via Getty Images)Skeletons of 325 former slaves were discovered during the construction of St. Helena's first airport on the South Atlantic island. After it abolished slave trade in 1807, Britain intercepted Portuguese slave ships sailing off the waters of St. Helena, which lies on what was then a notorious slave route from Africa to the Americas. Between 1840 and 1865, around 25,000 slaves were freed and released on St. Helena, according to historians. (Gianluigi Guerica/AFP via Getty Images)
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