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"Most studies are only a few decades in length — this one is just short of 100 years of study."
Ew, teenagers.
“He’s shady”.
They may be small, but they're far from inconsequential.
Our good work precedes us!
Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.
They say follow your dreams but I can't even remember them.
Flower life seems simple enough, but there is some important decision-making involved.
It had teeth.
"Too hot to date" -- birds.
The world's museum host numerous important findings just waiting to be analyzed.
Antibiotic resistance is reaching dramatic levels in some wild ecosystems, reports a study on bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. One of the scariest public health issues we’re contending with today is the rise of antibiotic resistance. Many common bacterial strains are evolving to resist the drugs we rely on to treat them, […]
The findings could ultimately help scientists
They likely chewed food in the same adorable way.
Catch some Z's for your heart!
Fish is in the eye of the beholder.
Nobody likes feeling cold.
The Tyrannosaurus rex, the most feared and iconic of all the dinosaurs, had a cooling system in its skull that allowed him to deal with prehistoric heat and humidity. The new study from scientists in Missouri, Ohio, and Florida, challenges previous beliefs about this cranial structure. T. rex, known as one of the largest meat-eating […]
The worm grew to less than 3 centimeters (1 inch) at its widest, but up to 27 centimeters (nearly a foot) long.
An unlikely alliance.
It's all about the oxygen.
Much like ourselves, fruit flies can survive on a number of different diets. A new study shows why.
Researchers designed an artificial suction disc that is even more powerful than the real thing.
"It's not the human system," say the authors.
"We basically short-circuited the stored energy."
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
In about 10 days' time, we'll see if it worked or not.
"The takeaway is that this mechanical itch sensation is distinct from other forms of touch and it has this specialized pathway within the spinal cord," the authors explain.
We need to start being more serious about protecting the trees.
It's an environmental catastrophe.
Bad news for bees.
"I've shown the videos to biologists who study invertebrates and their reaction is always the same: they shake their heads in wonder," said one of the researchers.
This is amazing -- and a bit scary.
It's amazing what you can do with one fossil.
It's like a game of chicken where the winner gets to eat your chips.
Turtles can control their own development and choose for themselves whether to become a boy or a girl.
"Since the virus cannot infect human liver cells, it is highly unlikely that the virus can infect people."
It's common sense that a plant's roots grow downward in the soil -- but it hasn't always been like this.
Sticks and stones may break your bones but this thing will fix'em right up.
Unique wildlife in a third of the beaches between Santa Barbara and San Diego is seriously threatened.
The study found that spider’s eyes provide high-quality information when they're small as well as when they are large.
Take away the proteins, and our immune systems decimate cancers.
"It's a clear demonstration that parthenolide has the potential to progress from the flowerbed into the clinic," they report.
The Komodo dragon is an awesome predator -- and now scientists have discovered its genetic secrets.
Balding could soon be a thing of the past -- if you're wealthy enough.
The huge bone belonged to one of the largest creatures to ever walk on land.
"We might think of different scenarios where people aren't motivated like depression and block these neurons and receptors to help them feel better," the authors explain.
"This [study] shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as none of the treatments currently used were designed to incorporate this," says lead author Dr. Lena Ciric.
"All organisms share the same injury response pathway but in some organisms like hydra, it leads to regeneration," the team explains. They're working on finding out why, and how to copy it.
Are trees superorganisms?
