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Proteins can be kept active outside of a cell for the first time-- and used to degrade toxic chemicals

This is a massive breakthrough!

Royal jelly, the food of queen-to-be(e)s, changes from liquid to solid when more acidic

It keeps the queen larvae hanging on.

Researchers develop nanospears that can transport DNA to cells with pinpoint accuracy

This new technique is less harmful to the cells and more efficient than other non-viral DNA transfer techniques.

Novel cell-in-a-shell is a like a body armor for tiny living things

It's like cells wearing power-armor!

Low oxygen “dead-zones” can be deadlier to marine life than we thought

Beware ye who swim here.

Pee, Poop, and Perspiration Will Be Useful in Traveling to Mars

Astronauts' waste will not be wasted.

Scientists invent ultra-white coating inspired by beetle scales

It's 20 times whiter than paper.

"Haa, haa"-- the creepy laughing sound that ravens make reveals their age and sex

The ravens "laugh" when need help accessing food.

Citizen science called upon to study liverworts and help quantify climate change

These plants could become our climate "canary in the coal mine".

A spider hitched a ride to Hawaii, then evolved into many brightly colored species

Always the same colors: white, brown, and gold.

The secret to youth? Exercising regularly keeps seniors’ bodies young and healthy

Yet another benefit of exercising!

Permian lizard detached tail to escape predators, a trait still found in modern lizards

It took more than a hundred million years before lizards re-evolved this feature.

Nanobodies On The Road To Curing Parkinson's Disease

Mostly affecting those 60 years old and older, an estimated 7 to 10 million people worldwide have Parkinson's Disease.

Slowing Down Cancer by Activating the Circadian Clock

New research suggests we can target body clock genes to prevent tumors.

Scientists engineer crop that uses 25% less water without compromising yield

It could make food crops more resilient to droughts.

Efforts to pull the northern white rhino from the brink of extinction intensify as the last living male declines in health

Things are not looking good for the subspecies.

Officially demoted: termites are the new cockroaches

Turns out, termites are basically social cockroaches.

Two raven lineages that tied the knot yield evidence of 'speciation reversal'

Birds of a feather... merge together.

Mesozoic baby bird fossil sheds new light on evolution

It's impressive that we can learn so much about something so fragile, from so long ago.

Darwin's "advertising" -- the magnificent biological art of Ernst Haeckel

You might have not heard his name, but you should have.

Silicon-based life on Earth? Only artificially, so far -- but maybe natural on other planets

A team of researchers forced bacteria to create carbon-silicon bonds, and their experiment showcases why life on our planet chose carbon.

Death creeps through the brain as a "spreading wave" of silence and inactivity

In a dark way, these findings are quite soothing.

Birds of a feather -- A story of Vikings and pillows

Identifying feathers could be extremely useful.

Re-emerging life in Earth's driest desert sparks hopes for life on Mars

Life, as they say, finds a way.

Scientists show how fat cells help heal wounds in fruit flies [VIDEO]

An exciting research catches fat cells migrating by themselves for the first time.

Saddle up: New evidence forces us to rethink what we know about horse history

Instead of the domesticated horses deriving from today's wild horses, it's the other way around.

External temperature also influences our circadian rhythms, study reports

It's not just low light that makes us sleepy.

Plants' climate-compensation systems will be overwhelmed by climate change

Climate change could cause an ecological break-down.

In the future, we could be all snacking on jellyfish chips

Don't be so quick to say no.

Plants colonized the land 500 million years ago -- much earlier than we thought

Plants might have moved on to the land 100 million years earlier than we thought.

The mysterious deep-sea Dumbo octopus hatchlings look just like adults [with video]

These hatchlings emerge fully-formed, ready to take on the world from day one.b

An almost indestructible houseplant uses deception to get pollinated

It pretends to be a fungus.

Man-made: we've domesticated our own species

Does this make us pets?

Australian fire beetles have built-in heat sensors to avoid hot wood

Bring the heat!

Medical ants rescue and care for injured comrades

The behavior surprised biologists, showing just how complex ants really are.

Far-ultraviolet lamps could eradicate airborne viruses in public spaces -- with no risk to us

It can't go through our skin, but it will wreck viruses and bacteria.

Primitive 'walking' fish can teach us how the first land animals evolved

An amazing 'living fossil' suggests ancient marine life evolved the software for walking before the hardware.

Meteorite and volcanoes may have worked together to wipe out dinosaurs

It was a devastating one-two punch.

Sick bees take care of themselves by eating better quality food

Sadly the study makes no mention of chicken soup.

Billions of viruses are showering the planet's surface in every moment

Virus rain.

Study reveals how ants produce antibiotics

You can't spell antibiotic without ant.

A worm's brain was uploaded to a hard drive and put to the test -- without a single line of code

The distinction between brain and computer has never been blurrier.

Stomach burn: toads vomit bombardier beetles which trigger explosions in the gut

This amazing insect doesn't flinch at the thought of getting eaten. It pops!

Spider-like arachnid with a tail sheds new light on origin of spiders

Spider meets scorpion.

Rats trade with each other and are surprisingly fair, research finds

Hey, kid! Psss, kid! Wanna buy some cheese?

The Search for Alien Life: We Have Been Looking in the Wrong Places

If there are any, aliens should be less conspicuous and charismatic-looking than most people think.

Humanity killed off mega-herbivores -- but climate change might warrant bringing them back

Turns out eating all the mammoth wasn't that good of an idea.

Research into nugget-forming bacteria paves the way to better gold extraction methods

It's not every day you meet someone who poops solid gold -- but today is one such day.

Amazing fossil shows that Earth's earliest birds evolved just like Darwin's finches

These proto-birds may have evolved just like their modern relatives.

Orcas are able to imitate human speech. Here's how it sounds like

These clever marine mammals never cease to amaze us!

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