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Started from the bottom, now I’m here: How a sea worm’s butt swims away to start life of its own | Science & Tech News
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When living your best life just isn’t enough, why not live two? That’s the ethos of the Japanese green syllid worm, which scientists have found is able to detach its backend to embark on its own underwater adventures. In a process called stolonisation (which sounds like a Christmas diet), the bottom end of these worms…
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Worm’s saliva found to break down plastic in major pollution breakthrough | Climate News
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A worm could be the answer to solving the problem of what to do about one of the commonest forms of plastic pollution. Spanish researchers have found that chemicals in the saliva of the wax worm can break down polyethylene, a particularly hard-wearing material. Their research found that exposing the plastic to the creature’s saliva…