Cobra

Shelby Cobra vs Dodge Viper: Two American icons battle it out… in Britain

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Live snakes, it’s Cobra vs Viper! Send in the screamers! These two should be roaring through Monument Valley, big pipes throwing bass beats into distant landscapes. Instead, we’re in Northamptonshire. The nearest village is called Husbands Bosworth. It’s all rather saccharine here, so Cobra and Viper stomp and roar around like knee-slapping, yee-hawing cowboys in … Read more

Cobra venom kills by collapsing blood vessels, organ-on-a-chip shows

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Image shows a blurry, tube-like structure in fluorescent red and green, against a black background.

Scientists have created a miniature ‘blood vessel-on-a-chip’ to study how snake venom can cause deadly internal bleeding – and to help develop new antivenoms to stop it. The new 3D model contains cells that line human blood vessels, known as endothelial cellsjust like the extracellular matrix, or physical framework that supports these cells. The device … Read more