Disruption of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans dramatically increases male longevity and enhances reproductive health late in life

A large-scale genetic study has found activating the GLP-1 receptor, the biological target of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs, is associated with improved mental well-being and a significantly lower risk of depression and bipolar disorder…

C. difficile colonization in infants reshapes gut development, challenging a long-held assumption

Transposable elements as evolutionary catalysts of ant macrodiversity

Cotton science and production in China: A decade of progress and prospects

Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike

A study of employed Japanese adults found that greater enclosure in neighborhood landscapes was associated with less severe insomnia symptoms, less daytime sleepiness, and longer sleep.

Rather than killing cells for a single RNA snapshot, a new molecular method uses engineered virus-like particles to continuously track gene activity in living cells

When biology inspires mathematics: new discovery explains why a widely used evolutionary method can give false answers

China’s rice science and production: Progress over the past decade and prospects for the future

Treatment for osteoarthritis: messenger RNA (mRNA) that produces the protein responsible for anchoring the fibrous structure of cartilage.

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Human-relevant Ptpn6 mutation alters immune and hepatic functions during aging

ISWI/CHRAC orchestrates sequential chromatin-remodeling activities by mobilizing DNA polymerase ε for homologous recombination

Thousands of Endangered Species Are Being Sold on Facebook, TikTok, And EBay. Some sold alive, often as pets, while others are killed for body parts

388 years ago, Galileo worked out why human giants can't exist

Wrong antibody used in over 50 cell aging studies

Postmortem evidence of Babesia and Bartonella infections in chronically ill people

Metformin at the convergence of aging and longevity

Study finds alpha-gal syndrome can cause severe allergic reactions to blood transfusions for some

Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System

Selective saccular plasticity under microgravity links peripheral transcriptomic remodeling to postflight vestibular dysfunction

Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice

Vagal nerve stimulation induces vascular oscillations and enhances long-term learning

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Cosmological natural selection: evolution beyond biology

Newly discovered carnivorous plant is as deceptive as it is deadly

The internet can’t get enough of cats… but cats might have had enough of the internet

UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing.

Long-term steroid use tied to heart damage and early death

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