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Joe has looked old since the day he was born, back in 1982. He’s pink and squinty and wrinkly. His teeth are weird: His incisors sit outside his lips to keep the dirt out of his mouth as he digs tunnels for his tube-shaped body.“He looks remarkably the same,” says Rochelle Buffenstein, a comparative biologist who has s... | Biology |
New antibiotic approach proves promising against Lyme bacterium
Using a technique that has shown promise in targeting cancer tumors, a Duke Health team has found a way to deploy a molecular warhead that can annihilate the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
Tested in cell cultures using the Borrelia burgdoferi bacteriu... | Biology |
The 70-odd-million-year-old remains were found in southern Mongolia.Illustration: Yusik Choi.Paleontologists discovered a 71-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur in Southern Mongolia that they believe had a body built for swimming and diving for prey. Though it looks a lot like a modern bird, it’s actually a non-avian... | Biology |
Spiders are common critters. And, as almost all of Earth's 43,000 known spider species are venomous (opens in new tab), it is likely that most people have encountered a venomous spider at one point or another.
So that's the bad news. The good news, however, is that of these, only 25 species are known to have killed or ... | Biology |
An international team of scientists has published the results of their research into 23 woolly mammoth genomes in Current Biology. As of today, we have even more tantalizing insights into their evolution, including indications that, while the woolly mammoth was already predisposed to life in a cold environment, it cont... | Biology |
Researchers at The University of Queensland have found an anti-ageing function in a protein deep within human cells.
Associate Professor Steven Zuryn and Dr Michael Dai at the Queensland Brain Institute have discovered that a protein called ATSF-1 controls a fine balance between the creation of new mitochondria and the... | Biology |
From our nose to our lungs to our guts, the human body is home to a diverse range of microorganisms. Such rich microbial ecosystems are prime hunting grounds for viruses that infect and kill bacteria. But how these bacteria-killing viruses interact with human cells has remained mysterious.
Past research has shown that ... | Biology |
Current estimates of Lake Erie algae toxicity may miss the mark
Study suggests harmful algal bloom toxicity varies over the summer
There is more to a harmful algal bloom than the green stuff in water that meets the eye – specifically, a changing hazard level of toxins produced by the microbes that make up the scummy me... | Biology |
Ocean explorer Jon Copley has completed dozens of dives to the darkest corners of the deep sea. Yet he is still amazed every time he encounters the strange life forms that thrive there. Over the past 25 years, Copley has traveled to the world's deepest hydrothermal vents, to Antarctica's icy "midnight zone" and to spec... | Biology |
Beware any rock that’s oblong and cylindrical, like a stubby stone finger. It might not be a rock. It could, very likely, be a coprolite. Yes, that’s another name for fossilized feces.
And if you do find one, call Thanit Nonsrirach. A paleontologist at Mahasarakham University in Thailand, Nonsrirach estimates he’s exam... | Biology |
Scientists see anti-aging potential in an invasive weed
The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, according to new research.
Researchers found that compounds in the spec... | Biology |
Scientists say they are stunned after discovering sea spiders have the ability to grow new reproductive organs and an anus.
Experts already knew that when the arthropods lose legs, they can regrow them.
But in a development that will no doubt inspire the next generation of Spider-Man stories, a study has found the unde... | Biology |
There is a lot of reports that Ray Kurzweil predicted immortality will be achieved by 2030. Here is the section of the September, 2022 interview with Lex Fridman where Ray talked about Longevity Escape velocity starting around 2030.
His belief is based upon going all in with rapidly improving AI to speed the advance of... | Biology |
Taurine - a nutrient found in meat, fish and sold as a supplement - extends life and boosts health in a range of animal species, scientists say.
Levels of taurine decline with age in different species, including people.
Experiments on middle-aged animals showed boosting taurine to youthful levels extended life by over ... | Biology |
University of Oxford researchers have contributed to the first successful extraction of ancient DNA from a 2,900 year-old clay brick. The analysis, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of plant species cultivated at that time and place, and could open the way t... | Biology |
Reef-devouring predator survives coral bleaching and feasts on the survivors
Research conducted by marine biologists from the University of Sydney has found juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish can withstand tremendous heat waves well above levels that kill coral. These starfish then develop into carnivorous predators tha... | Biology |
Snakes are fascinating creatures, forming about one-eighth of vertebrate animals found on land. They come in a wide range of forms and sizes and have adjusted to different ways of life, such as living underground, on the land, in water, and up in trees. However, the early evolution of snakes and the changes in their mo... | Biology |
A rare case of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has been detected at a slaughter plant in South Carolina but poses no threat to humans or other cattle. It is only the seventh confirmed case of the extremely deadly disease ever recorded in the U.S.
Officials from the U.S. Department... | Biology |
New sound navigation technology enables the blind to navigate
A new study by researchers at Reichman University's Brain Cognition and Technology Institute directed by Prof. Amir Amedi has shown that visual navigation areas in the brain can be activated using sound. By traversing mazes using sound information instead of... | Biology |
by Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer
Forests are excellent at absorbing and storing carbon and can play a role in meeting global net zero targets. As more countries commit to forest creation, but mainly plant single species forests, an international team of researchers has examined how carbon stocks in mixed f... | Biology |
Standing on the marina, Rob Skelly peers into the darkness of the river where bright speckles of algae drift in the water. A neon green invader. “It’s starting to build,” he says. “Tomorrow, you’ll find that there’s clumps like that all over the river—and then the day after that there’ll be more and more.”
Until this s... | Biology |
With the school year underway around the U.S., parents and caregivers are once again faced with the age-old struggle of wrangling groggy kids out of bed in the morning. For parents of preteens and teenagers, it can be particularly challenging. Sometimes this gets chalked up to laziness in teens. But the main reason why... | Biology |
image: Integrated average morphed cell showing 17 select structures view more Credit: Allen Institute for Cell Science By Rachel Tompa, Ph.D. / Allen Institute Seattle, WA—Working with hundreds of thousands of high-resolution images, the team at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, a division of the Allen Institute,... | Biology |
Image caption, The Winchcombe meteorite broke off an asteroid between Mars and JupiterA meteorite that crashed on the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe last year contained water that was a near-perfect match for that on Earth.This bolsters the idea rocks from space brought key chemical components, including water, to ... | Biology |
Percy cored two samples from a rock called "Wildcat Ridge," which is about three feet (one meter) wide, and on July 20 abraded some of its surface so it could be analyzed with an instrument called SHERLOC that uses ultraviolet light.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic ... | Biology |
Long nails are a major trend these days, seen on the hands of superstars like Cardi B and Billie Eilish. But a biologist warns this new trend may come with health hazards when considering what may be growing underneath.Jeffrey Kaplan, a biology professor at American University, told USA TODAY that the area under the fi... | Biology |
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new device that can detect and analyse cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress.
Cancer is a leading cause of illness and death in Australia, with more than 150,000 Austra... | Biology |
In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged cells and organs, effectively wiping out diseases. The nanotechnology will also be used to back up our memories and personalities.In an interview with Computerworld, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil said that anyone alive... | Biology |
Scientists from Stanford University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a class of molecules that use endogenous proteins to modulate genetic pathways involved in cell death. These molecules, which are called transcriptional/epigenetic chemical inducers of proximity (TCIPs), use local ... | Biology |
Fast-Aging Mice Live Longer When Oxygen Is Restricted
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Massachusetts General Hospital scientists have, for the first time, shown that oxygen restriction increases lifespan in a mouse model of aging. The research is published in PLOS Biology.
Restricted oxyg... | Biology |
Stanford study shows how modifying enzymes’ electric fields boosts their speed
A seemingly subtle swap of metals—substituting a zinc ion with a cobalt ion—and a mutation ramps up the overall electric field strength at the active site of an enzyme, Stanford scientists find. The result is a predictably modified enzyme th... | Biology |
New research links early Europeans' cultural and genetic development over several thousand years
A new DNA study has nuanced the picture of how different groups intermingled during the European Stone Age, but also how certain groups of people were actually isolated. The study was carried out by researchers at Uppsala U... | Biology |
Spiny mice found to have bone-plated tails
Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating hair.
Armadillos, with their protective and flexible she... | Biology |
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the quiet part out loud last month — or more precisely, wrote it — when he and two National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases colleagues co-authored an article published by the prestigious Cell Host & Microbe.
In the article, the former director of NIAID and his colleagues declared tha... | Biology |
Keanu Reeves - the molecule
New active ingredient from bacteria could protect plants
| by Charlotte Fuchs
Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas produce a strong antimicrobial natural product, as researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) have discovered. They prove... | Biology |
Credit: Bia Octavia on Unsplash. A new study from the University of Sheffield has identified a protein that supports milk production after a pause in breastfeeding. The research is published in PLOS Biology. A fail-safe mechanism for breastmilk production If an infant has been breastfed, once they progress to solid foo... | Biology |
A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that watching nature documentaries makes people more interested in plants, potentially provoking an involvement in botany and ecology.
Some 40% of plant species are under threat of extinction. Plants that are not directly useful to humans ... | Biology |
Researchers enhance the function of natural proteins using 'protein Legos'
Johns Hopkins engineers have helped develop and characterize an artificial protein that triggers the same response in the human body as its natural counterpart—a breakthrough that not only has the potential to facilitate the design of drugs to a... | Biology |
Inequality not inevitable among mammals, study shows
Because literature and film so often depict nature as inherently unfair, people assume that animals live in a "dog-eat-dog world." Inequality might seem like an inevitable fact of life, but a new analysis of data for 66 species of mammals reveals enormous flexibility... | Biology |
Evolution of the largest of the large dinosaurs
Sauropods—including iconic long-necked dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus—were the largest animals ever to walk the earth. No other dinosaur or land mammal even comes close. Now, a new Adelphi University study provides insights into how these super giants achiev... | Biology |
Levels of a protein present in tumours could predict someone's chances of surviving lung cancer and provide a new treatment, according to a study.Patients with high levels of TLR2 in early-stage lung cancer were found to have increased survival rates compared with those with lower levels.
A drug compound that activates... | Biology |
Using an artificial intelligence algorithm, researchers at MIT and McMaster University have identified a new antibiotic that can kill a type of bacteria that is responsible for many drug-resistant infections.
If developed for use in patients, the drug could help to combat Acinetobacter baumannii, a species of bacteria ... | Biology |
Conservationists have released new photos of the only known living albino giant anteater on Earth, who is now believed to be at least 1 year old.
Researchers from the Anteaters and Highways Project (AHP), a multi-year assessment of anteater-vehicle collisions set up by Brazil's Wild Animal Conservation Institute (ICAS)... | Biology |
Artificial Sweetener Metabolite Breaks DNA
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Scientists at the North Carolina State University found that a chemical compound produced through the digestion of a common artificial sweetener causes damage to DNA. The research is published in the Journal of To... | Biology |
Hogfish are the chameleons of the Atlantic Ocean, seamlessly changing their skin color depending on their environment. As if those morphing skills weren't impressive enough, these reef dwellers can also "see" with their skin with the help of special light-sensing cells, even after they die, according to a study publish... | Biology |
Bumblebees are fuzzy, rotund, and indisputably adorable. They’re also secretly swole. The insects can cart around loads up to 80% of their body weight during foraging flights, and new research demonstrates that doing so probably isn’t easy.
The heavier a bumblebees’ pollen haul, the hotter a bee’s body temperature is l... | Biology |
Marine scientists found a previously unknown octopus nursery in a discovery that could help lead to greater protection for the surrounding area off the Costa Rican coast.
“The discovery of a new active octopus nursery over 2,800 meters beneath the sea surface in Costa Rican waters proves there is still so much to learn... | Biology |
September 07, 2022 03:03 PM Scientists may have just discovered one of the most hospitable planets to life to date. A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham recently announced the discovery of SPECULOOS-2c in the middle of the habitable zone of a star system that is home to moderate-enough temperatures t... | Biology |
The reaction of narwhals to the loud noise from seismic air guns used in oil exploration involves a disruption of the normal physiological response to intense exercise as the animals try to escape the noise. The overall effect is a large increase in the energetic cost of diving while a paradoxically reduced heart rate ... | Biology |
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites. The insights could help scientists to better understand how bacteria rapidly adapt and evolve, and how they become more virulent and resistant to antibiotics.
n a study published today in C... | Biology |
Polyrhachis femorata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) habitat and colony defensive immobility strategySophie Petit A B * , Peter A. Hammond B , Brian Heterick C and John J. Weyland B
A University of South Australia, UniSA STEM, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia.
B Kangaroo Island Research Station, Dudley West, Penneshaw, SA 52... | Biology |
Review “Being You is an engaging and accessible tour through the field’s boldest theories, most creative experiments and most surprising findings. You could give the book to a smart teenager and get them asking questions that they will be thinking about for the rest of their lives.”—Current Biology“Whenever I hear that... | Biology |
There’s a strong relationship between diet in early life and food preferences in adulthood, research with mice finds.
The study in Science Advances highlights the importance of early exposure to a variety of tastes and identifies the neural basis regulating preferences for favorite foods, providing important new inform... | Biology |
Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)People’s cancers are apparently playing host to their very own fungi. A pair of studies this week have documented the unique neighborhoods of fungal species that can live inside our tumors. It’s possible that these microbes may even influence how cancers grow or manage to fend off cert... | Biology |
US college-level biology textbooks miss the mark on offering solutions to the climate crisis, according to a new analysis of books over the last 50 years.Fewer than three pages in a typical 1,000-page biology textbook from recent decades address climate change, according to the new study, despite experts warning it is ... | Biology |
Using topology, researchers advance understanding of how cells organize themselves
The fact that humans and other living organisms can develop and grow from a single cell relies on a process called embryonic development. For healthy tissue to form, cells in the embryo have to organize themselves in the right way in the... | Biology |
Programmable mechanically active adhesive makes muscles stretch and contract, preventing and enabling recovery from atrophyBy Benjamin Boettner
(BOSTON) — Muscles waste as a result of not being exercised enough, as happens quickly with a broken limb that has been immobilized in a cast, and more slowly in people reachin... | Biology |
By comparing the genetic blueprints of an array of animals, scientists are gaining new insights into our own species and all we share with other creatures.
One of the most striking revelations is that certain passages in the instructions for life have persisted across evolutionary time, representing a through line that... | Biology |
Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) that emerged in 2011 has since then caused unprecedented inundations of this brown seaweed on Caribbean coastlines, with harmful effects on ecosystems whi... | Biology |
450-Million-Year-Old Organism Rebuilt as a “Soft” Robot
Soft robotics is giving researchers more insight into how ancient animals lived.
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Scientists have breathed new life into a 450-million-year-old organism, using fossil records to build a robotic replica... | Biology |
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria get extra nutrients and thrive when the drugs kill 'good' bacteria in the gut.
This is according to new research led by Imperial College London scientists, which could lead to better patient risk assessment and 'microbiome therapeutics' treatments to help combat antibiotic-resistant bacter... | Biology |
Scientists have discovered thousands of planets that orbit far from our sun. Some of these planets are rocky and some are gas giants. As these planets orbit their parent stars, chemical reactions start that result in gases. Some of these gases are produced in a way similar to ozone in Earth’s atmosphere.
Using the Webb... | Biology |
Plastic-eating enzymes could help solve pollution problem
Two new enzymes can break down one of the most common single-use plastics, according to the study "Modulating biofilm can potentiate activity of novel plastic-degrading enzymes" by Brunel University London published in the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes.
T... | Biology |
Researchers from UNSW have uncovered how these tiny organisms can restore their movement in unfavourable conditions. Being able to swim is crucial to how bacteria survive and spread. Photo: Shutterstock. A new study led by UNSW Sydney scientists unveils how nature's oldest wheel, found within bacteria, can fix itself w... | Biology |
Not far from Didcot, once a halfway stop between London and Bristol on the Great Western Railway celebrated for Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s engineering, innovation has returned with a hi-tech factory manufacturing DNA and RNA sequencing machines. Oxford Nanopore, a spinout from Oxford University, produces devices used to... | Biology |
CNN — Scientists have created mouse embryos in a dish, and it could one day help families hoping to get pregnant, according to a new study. After 10 years of research, scientists created a synthetic mouse embryo that began forming organs without a sperm or egg, according to the study published Thursday in the journal... | Biology |
Molecular scale structure and kinetics of layer-by-layer peptide self-organization at atomically flat solid surfaces
In a study recently published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers from Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, collaborating with University of Washington, Seattle, U.S., used frequency modulated atomic f... | Biology |
If you think giant pandas had it bad, spare a thought for the tiny parasitic mites that live in the pores of the skin on our faces which may be destined for an evolutionary dead-end, according to a new analysis of their DNA.More than 90% of us host the 0.3mm long-mites in the oily folds on our faces, most living in the... | Biology |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the globally-accepted first-line treatments for malaria — a mosquito-borne disease caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite that annually kills around 600,000 people, mostly children. Yet resistance to ACTs by P. falciparum has emerged in rec... | Biology |
Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans initially interbred 250,000 years ago, a date that is far earlier than previously thought, a new study suggests.
Until now, Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) were believed to have first interbred earlier than 75,000 years ago, according to a 2016 gene... | Biology |
In a world full of bizarre animals, hairworms are some of the strangest: parasitic worms that manipulate the behavior of their hosts in what's sometimes called "mind control." A new study in the journal Current Biology reveals another strange trait shared by different hairworm species: they're missing about 30% of the ... | Biology |
The COVID-19 pandemic seemed like a never-ending parade of SARS-CoV-2 variants, each equipped with new ways to evade the immune system, leaving the world bracing for what would come next.
But what if there were a way to make predictions about new viral variants before they actually emerge?
A new artificial intelligence... | Biology |
The content of a small box on his roof terrace in central London has taught ecologist Tim Blackburn more about the natural world than he ever thought possible. Every night, the light-mounted trap attracts winged creatures that perhaps don't get the best publicity — despite making up roughly a ninth of all known animal ... | Biology |
The canola plant (Brassica napus) was developed in Canada during the 1970s using conventional selective breeding and hybrid propagation techniques (i.e., not by genetic modification) from turnip rapeseed, black mustard, and leaf mustard. Rapeseed is high in erucic acid, an unhealthy fatty acid that is associated with i... | Biology |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — In the largest DNA analysis of its kind, scientists have found evidence to suggest that historic plague pandemics, such as the Black Death, were not caused by newly ev... | Biology |
The National Zoo in Washington welcomed an adorable baby gorilla on Saturday morning, and visitors may be able to catch a glimpse of the baby, who has not yet been named, as soon as Tuesday, according to Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
The infant is a western lowland gorilla, which is a c... | Biology |
Fossil of Tiny Ancient Whale Discovered in Egypt
The 8-foot-long species lived in the oceans of Earth over 41 million years ago.
Since leaving land roughly 50 million years ago, whales have generally gotten bigger, evolving into some of the largest animals ever. But these quintessential ocean giants could also be quite... | Biology |
A Japanese researcher has told a major genetics conference that he has created eggs from the cells of male mice.
The research, still in its early stages, involved turning male XY sex chromosomes into female XX ones.
Prof Katsuhiko Hayashi from Osaka University is working on developing fertility treatments.
The developm... | Biology |
My friend Mike Bruford, who has died aged 59 after a protracted illness, dedicated his career to unravelling the genetic consequences of biodiversity loss and was a professor of conservation genetics at Cardiff University.
Respected by governments and researchers worldwide, Mike was determined and driven, and communica... | Biology |
Mosquitoes and other insects can carry human diseases such as dengue and Zika virus, but when those insects are infected with certain strains of the bacteria Wolbachia, this bacteria reduces levels of disease in their hosts. Humans currently take advantage of this to control harmful virus populations across the world.
... | Biology |
Millions of years ago, as dinosaur giants were stomping around on land, other giant reptiles were dominating the oceans — and some of them, like plesiosaurs and similar animals, grew extremely long, snake-like necks.
Now, scientists have discovered how some of these early marine reptiles evolved these lengthy necks rat... | Biology |
New study shows that the Bachman's warbler was a distinct species
The Bachman's warbler, a songbird that was last seen in North America nearly 40 years ago, was a distinct species and not a hybrid of its two living sister species, according a new study in which the full genomes of seven museum specimens of the bird wer... | Biology |
Introduction
Seven years ago, researchers showed that they could strip cells down to their barest fundamentals, creating a life form with the smallest genome that still allowed it to grow and divide in the lab. But in shedding half its genetic load, that “minimal” cell also lost some of the hardiness and adaptability t... | Biology |
Tiny waterfleas could play a pivotal role in removing persistent chemical pollutants from wastewater – making it safe to use in factories, farms and homes, a new study reveals.
Scientists and engineers have discovered a method to harness Daphnia to provide a scalable low-cost, low-carbon way of removing pharmaceuticals... | Biology |
Mixing theory and observation to envision a warmer world
Climate changes are conjuring a whirlwind ride that seems to present some creatures opportunities to thrive. Scientists scripting supercharged scenarios caution the difference between seasonal coping and long-term adaption is vast—and tricky to predict.
Michigan ... | Biology |
Many new diseases that affect us humans find their origin in viruses derived from the world of animals. This is probably also the case for the infamous SARS-CoV-2 virus, colloquially known as the coronavirus. Unfortunately, identifying which animal viruses are at high risk of jumping over to humans has proven very chal... | Biology |
Researchers have spotted how specific proteins within the chromosomes of roundworms enable their offspring to produce specialized cells generations later, a startling finding that upends classical thinking that hereditary information for cell differentiation is mostly ingrained within DNA and other genetic factors.
The... | Biology |
IntroductionFor centuries, the construction of combs by social insects has been endorsed as an archetype of swarm intelligence and self-organization. Hypotheses regarding the behaviors that enable comb-building range from a top-down blueprint inherited by individuals1 to a bottom-up emergent organization arising from t... | Biology |
Animal studies indicate that a new COVID-19 vaccine developed at Rutgers may provide more durable protection against SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants than existing vaccines.
“We need a better vaccine, one that provides years of robust protection with fewer booster shots against a variety of SARS-CoV-2 strains. Our ... | Biology |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional approval to the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab, known by the brand name Leqembi, after an earlier this year.
"Today's action is the first verification that a drug targeting the underlying disease process of Alzheimer's disease has shown clinical benefit ... | Biology |
MainNeurons communicate and process information using action potentials or spikes in membrane potentials1. This spike generation and the properties of the neuron are defined by voltage-, ion- and neurotransmitter-dependent conductance of various ion channels in the cell membrane. On receiving an electrical input, the c... | Biology |
To begin to understand the link between the gut and the brain, all you have to do is look at the English language, according to Irish neurologist John Cryan.
“We use phrases like gut feelings, gut instincts, we have butterflies in our tummies when we’re nervous,” Cryan told Euronews Next. “So perhaps there’s an underly... | Biology |
image: It might be hard to believe, but this is a picture of a memory. In this image, the blue dots are positive memory cells, and the red dots are negative memory cells. Memories exist in the brain as networks of cells called engrams, and are stored and processed all over the brain. The memories shown here are located... | Biology |
Anna-Lisa Paul had tried for years to get her hands on some real samples of lunar soil collected by Apollo-era astronauts. After she’d refined her research proposal multiple times, NASA finally granted her request in 2021, allowing her team to try growing tiny plants in moon dirt that had been lifeless for billions of ... | Biology |
Rising global temperatures are making it harder for birds to know when it's spring and time to breed according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A large collaboration led by scientists at UCLA and Michigan State University has found that birds produce fewer young if they start... | Biology |
For the second time in five years, scientists are warning about declining human sperm counts. (I wrote about this issue in “Declining sperm counts: Nature’s answer to overpopulation?” early last year.)
Besides confirming the results of an important 2017 study, the authors now note an acceleration in the decline of sper... | Biology |
Metastatic breast cancer has no cure and has proven stubbornly resistant to one of the most innovative and promising new cancer treatments: immunotherapy.
Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to treat the area surrounding breast tumors that have spread to bone ... | Biology |
Algae. It’s what’s for dinner. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution. In turn, the climate crisis and ecosystem degradation threaten long-te... | Biology |
Stanford-led study reveals a fifth of California’s Sierra Nevada conifer forests are stranded in habitats that have grown too warm for them
The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings... | Biology |
In a pioneering study, researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Maine, and MIT have introduced a chemical method for reversing cellular aging. This revolutionary approach offers a potential alternative to gene therapy for age reversal. The findings could transform treatments for age-related diseases, enha... | Biology |
Subsets and Splits
Unique Topics Sorted
Provides a simple list of all unique topics in the training dataset, which helps identify the range of subjects covered but offers minimal analytical insight beyond basic categorization.
List Unique Topics
Simple retrieval of unique topics from the dataset, useful for basic exploration but lacks deeper insights.