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For billions of years, viruses and bacteria have been locked in a never-ending arm's race, and it has caused one predator to evolve "a monster of a tail".The unique bacteria-devouring virus, or bacteriophage, is officially named P74-26, though it's more colloquially known as the 'Rapunzel' virus.Like the absurdly long locks of the fairytale princess, the pathogen's 'ponytail' stands out in a crowd of its peers.At nearly a micrometer in length, the appendage is 10 times longer than most other bacteriophages.In fact, it…

Tess Gunty was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. It’s the inspiration for Vacca Vale, the post-industrial setting of her debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, which tracks the entwined fates of a multifarious cast – including a man who paints his body with the liquid from broken glow sticks and a teenage girl aged out of the foster system who is obsessed with female mystics – over the course of a single summer. At its centre is a low-cost housing complex whose name provides the novel’s title. Inventive, heartbreaking and…

Quordle 123 answer for May 27, 2022: Today’s Quordle is what is called the ‘streak-breaker’. It is so difficult that many players are going to fail today. Do not join their ranks. Use these Quordle hints, clues and solutions to fight back. Quordle 123 answer for May 27, 2022: We predicted it a few days back that Quordle has a specific pattern. Every month, towards the last 5-6 days, the game ramps up its difficulty and makes it extremely challenging for…