Biology Scientists Call for a Global Pause on Creating “Mirror Life” Before It’s Too Late: “The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented” December 13, 2024
Animals This Hornet Can Drink 80% Alcohol Without Ever Getting Drunk and Scientists Finally Know Why December 13, 2024
Biology This Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here’s How It Might Protect Astronauts on a Trip to Mars December 12, 2024
Animals The heart may have its own “mini-brain”: a nervous system that controls heartbeat December 12, 2024
Animals Crocodile Scales Form in a Surprising Way That Has Nothing to Do with Genetics December 11, 2024
Biology Mind-Blowing Calculation Shows Living Cells Outnumber All the Stars and Grains of Sand — By far December 5, 2024 - Updated on December 6, 2024
Agriculture Mild Habaneros Are Here and They’re Packed With Flavor Without the Fire November 22, 2024
Biology Could CAR-T Therapy Be the End of Lifelong Lupus Medication? Early Results Say ‘Yes’ November 14, 2024
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Animals Elephants Use Water Hoses with Impressive Skill —and Even Sabotage Each Other November 11, 2024
Biology New Octopus-Inspired Adhesive Grips Slippery Objects With Ease Even Underwater November 6, 2024
Biology Scientists bioengineer mussel-inspired bacteria that sticks to and break down plastic waste November 5, 2024
Biology Meet the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” Living 10,000 Feet Beneath the Ocean’s Surface November 2, 2024
Animals Scientists discover new Tardigrade species that may reveal the secret to their superpower-like radiation resistance October 25, 2024
Biology Inconspicuous lizard can scuba dive by creating its own bubble to breathe in October 17, 2024
Biology Hidden for over a century, a preserved Tasmanian Tiger head “found in a bucket” may bring the lost species back from extinction October 17, 2024
Biology Why do humans have near-equal numbers of male and female babies, unlike many other animals? New study offers some clues October 17, 2024
Animals This Florida lizard was so constipated that it was 80% poop — and the cuprit is pizza September 17, 2024
Agriculture A Fungal Disease Killing Bats Is Linked to Thousands of Infant Deaths in the US September 15, 2024
Biology Gorillas self-medicate with plants. We could soon use them for our own medicine September 13, 2024
Biology Researchers Decode the Genome of a Fungus That Turns 80% of The Flies in Your Home Into Zombies September 4, 2024
Animals Scientists Discover Missing Link Between Insects in Amazing Amber Fossil Dating Back 40 Million Years September 2, 2024
Biology This blind fish that lives in a cave has extraordinary taste buds on their head and chin August 26, 2024
Animals This Benjamin Button-like Jellyfish Can Age in Reverse, From Adult to Juvenile August 23, 2024
Biology The Hidden Forests Inside China’s Deepest Sinkholes Are Unlike Anything on Earth August 13, 2024