Agriculture Maybe not as good as you think: organic vegetables could be harboring disease-causing bacteria May 6, 2022
Biology New insight into coral-algae symbiosis aims to help reefs recover from mass bleaching May 3, 2022
Biology The good touch: researchers uncover the biological pathways that transmit pleasant touch May 2, 2022
Biology We now know how the bizarre platypus and echidna arrived to Australia from the Antarctic April 22, 2022 - Updated on February 9, 2024
Biology Pupil dilation can be used to diagnose aphantasia, the lack of visual imagination April 20, 2022
Biology Pterosaurs had feathers — but they weren’t used for flying April 20, 2022 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Biology Small and dangerous: 10 of the most dangerous human parasites ever discovered April 12, 2022 - Updated on May 2, 2023
Anatomy News Sweet remedy: Extract from wild blueberries can help heal wounds and repair muscles April 11, 2022
Biology Over 5,500 new viruses found in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution April 8, 2022
Biology Why did T-rex have short arms? A new hypothesis says “so other T-rex’s don’t bite them off” April 4, 2022 - Updated on March 13, 2023
Biology British botanist is first westerner to see Rafflesia banaoana, one of the rarest and largest ‘monster flowers’ in the world March 29, 2022
Biology Sharks really do sleep — and they do so with their eyes wide open March 17, 2022 - Updated on March 18, 2022
Animals Scientists inch closer to artificial rhino eggs to save species from extinction March 16, 2022
Biology A better potato: researchers sequence the tuber’s entire genome for the first time ever March 9, 2022
Biology A lot of plant genes actually come from bacteria. And this may explain the success of early land plants March 1, 2022 - Updated on January 5, 2023
Animals These African ticks survived for 8 years without food. Females laid eggs years after the last male had died February 23, 2022
Biology Researchers peer into the brain of birds as they’re singing their best song February 14, 2022
Biology Researchers successfully regrow limbs on frogs. They want to do the same thing with humans January 28, 2022
Biology World’s earliest flower fossils might untangle Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ January 18, 2022
Animals Tasmanian Devils are picky eaters — and they may just have broken the laws of scavenging January 12, 2022
Biology Women can tell which men are only interested in one night stands just by looking at their faces, study finds December 30, 2021
Biology The difference between cardiac arrest and heart attack December 18, 2021 - Updated on March 27, 2023
Animals At long last, scientists find a true millipede that has 1,000 legs (more actually) December 16, 2021
Biology Unusual type of vine with unique “cocooning” ability discovered by 91-year-old volunteer in Japan December 7, 2021
Animals In the frigid Arctic, these foxes grow their own gardens December 6, 2021 - Updated on April 20, 2023
Biology Stem-cell implant prototypes pave the way towards life-long treatment for type 1 diabetes December 2, 2021
Biology Coastal species are setting up shop in the open ocean on the back of islands of plastic waste December 2, 2021
Biology Tank-like dinosaur fossil discovered in Chile could show how spike-tails became club-tails December 1, 2021
Agriculture Turning leaked methane into fishmeal would turn a profit while helping the environment November 29, 2021
Animals Japan’s snow monkeys go fishing to survive the harsh winter November 29, 2021 - Updated on October 9, 2023
Biology Just 3 minutes of red light therapy improves declining eyesight due to old age November 24, 2021