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A probiotic cocktail promises to save the only US coral reef barrier. But we need to act fast, if we are really serious about it.
The sandgrouse can carry water in its belly feathers from miles away. Now, scientists finally learned how the birds pull it off.
A zirconium-based catalyst promises to break down polymers. It's probably the best plastic-degradation solution we've come across.
Virus-resistant bacteria could drastically improve drug manufacturing in bio-factories.
Plants also talk, and they talk a lot under stress, but we are not sure who listens to the different sounds they emit.
Lizards at a Colorado Army post exhibit stress response to extreme noise.
A killer fungus has devastated frog populations across the world, but Africa was spared. Not anymore.
NASA didn't know a space secret that these kids recently discovered during their experiment involving EpiPen.
AI-assisted Raman spectroscopy is great at identifying bacteria and it's way better than just regular Raman spectroscopy.
We are closer than ever to reversing hearing loss in humans, here is all the proof you need.
The human neurons may be altering the rats' behavior.
Entomologists are now excited they might find entire populations tucked away in remote parts of the Ozark mountains.
Trap feeding in whales was only recently first observed more than a decade ago. But astute medieval observers were much more aware than we give them credit for.
Zebras went to great lengths to get rid of parasites.
These infrared pictures show that some mammals keep their nose warm, while some keep them cold. Can you guess which of the noses below belongs to each animal? Oh, and more importantly, can you guess why their noses are hot or cold? You’ll find the answers at the bottom of this post. Many mammals, including […]
If you’re a Simpsons fan, then you probably know about Blinky, the three-eyed fish found near the nuclear plant where Homer Simpson was working. As it turns out, the Simpsons were right yet again, as fishermen in Córdoba, Argentina caught a three-eyed wolf fish in a reservoir fed by a local nuclear power plant. As, […]
Researchers suspect this fungus could help us with space exploration.
Bioprinting has come a long way, but there's still much ground to cover.
Even in the wild, sons tend to leech off their mothers.
AI increases the chance of detecting lung nodules, which also sometimes hint at lung cancer.
Concrete made of hemp could replace traditional bricks, blocks, and other building materials.
A pack of wolves has been spotted hunting with a hyena, something that has never been reported before.
The cold beaks of echidnas cool down their hot blood.
This watch is incredible, alive, and can make you emotional because it is powered by a pet-like slime mold.
Replacement body parts may be much closer to reality than we dare believe.
Peptides are the building blocks of proteins and play a crucial role in various biological processes such as cell signaling, metabolism, and immune response.
We do a lot of bad things to insects, and we shrug it off by thinking insects don't feel any pain. But that may not be true.
Time to use environment friendly coatings on vessels instead of toxic copper paints.
Gastrulation used to be a black box. Now we know what exactly happens during this critical phase of embryonic development.
This ingestible battery will supply power to drug delivery robots inside your body in the future.
It doesn't cast a web, but the goliath frogeater has plenty of tricks up its eight sleeves.
These crafty little fellows are not bad at math.
All it needs is one chest X-ray -- and a lot of training.
In different parts of the world evolution often comes up with the same or similar solutions to life’s problems.
Your biological and chronological age are not the same -- and exposure to stress while still in the womb may make some people age faster as adults.
The world's oldest fossilized brain reveals a turning point in the evolution of the nervous system.
The son of a formerly enslaved mother, Charles Henry Turner was the first to discover that bees and other insects have the ability to modify their behavior based on experience.
As winds pick up dirt and sand, they also pick up any microbes adhering to those particles, potentially introducing them to new locations.
A dry diet can turn your pet into an energetic and environment friendly companion.
Natives of Indonesia can dive up to 70 meters thanks to a genetic adaptation.
Baker's yeast also has the potential to become astronomer's yeast.
Whatever it is, it's happening before the bees reach adulthood.
One of our bodies' natural defensive processes may be to blame.
Struggling to save trapped and injured bats, scientists endure Russian shelling and accusations of spreading bioweapons.
Many lizards, snakes, turtles, and fish thought to be completely silent do actually vocalize -- and this helped trace the origin of acoustic communication to a 400-milion-year-old ancestor.
We don't think of jellyfish as 'bony' -- but they might have invented skeletons.
These optrodes bypass several of the most glaring limitations of current electrodes.
Instrument-equipped sharks led scientists to a large seagrass ecosystem that can fix more carbon than you can ever imagine.
Don't underestimate the birds. Their intelligence levels might surprise you.
The patterns formed on a withering passion fruit hold valuable insights for designing robots.
