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Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...

A viral video claiming to show how baby seashells are "born" is blowing people's minds, as they admitted they had no idea how the intricate objects were created. Beachgoer Abby Spelman shared a clip ...

An Austrian artist has coerced some hermit crabs into adopting shells created by a 3-D printer — shells in the shape of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Hermit crabs don't actually make their own ...