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High-flying bar-headed geese reduce their metabolism to match low oxygen conditions like those experienced at extreme altitudes

A male honeybee’s seminal fluid contains components that interfere with a honeybee queen’s vision, making it more difficult for the queens to mate with other males.

Animals living alongside humans produce amylase, enzyme that breaks down starch

Histotomography; an increase in resolution and field of view could take X-Ray imaging, analysis, and diagnosis to the next level

Medical Reversals

Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi

Traces of biological material found in Cretaceous dinosaur bone that were believed to potentially be the remains of ancient proteins, blood vessels and cells instead have a very recent origin: an unusual community of microbes.

Archaeologists have discovered 14,000-year-old evidence of a crawling expedition through an Italian cave system

Mass vaccination campaigns between 2010 and 2013 prevented up to 56,000 measles deaths among children in India.

One in three bacteria from the human mouth can pass through the digestive tract and settle in the gut, suggesting that stomach acid is less of a barrier to microbes than previously thought.

Using CRISPR to reprogramme B cells to produce particular antibodies could be an alternative to vaccination - recent study in eLife showed technique could be used to generate cells able to bind to a HIV epitope.

A mass measles vaccination campaign saved tens of thousands of children's lives in India between 2010 and 2013

Beams of ultrasound provide a non-invasive method to specifically alter activity deep within a primate's brain

Fish-hunting cone snails that use a "venom insulin" to help capture their prey may prove to be a rich source of faster-acting drugs for diabetes.

The properties of individual brain cells have been linked to intelligence for the first time

Neurons found in the dragonfly brain that 'lock on' to a moving stimulus and predict where it will be ahead of its current location.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden found a human-specific gene (ARHGAP11B), when introduced into the developing brain of ferrets…

Over 200 fossils found in China suggest that flowering plants first emerged in the Early Jurassic, moving the date of the oldest known flower back by almost 50 million years.

Changes in global and thalamic brain connectivity in LSD-induced altered states of consciousness are attributable to the 5-HT2A receptor

Researchers at the University of Oregon have identified a novel protein secreted by a common gut bacterium in zebrafish that reduces inflammation in the gut and delays death by septic shock

Adolescents and young adults in the US are most likely to die in June or July, while death rates for those over 45 years old peak between December and February, reveals a study of mortality data from 1980 to 2016.

Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree

Bioluminescence and the enzyme Luciferase evolved independently, after genome sequencing of two American and Japanese firefly species that diverged approximately 100 million years ago

A second contagious cancer recently discovered in the Tasmanian devil seems to be slowly evolving to better evade the devils' immune systems by losing markers on the surface of its cells.

Researchers have discovered how a molecule can help prevent certain types of brain tumors by recognizing and 'disarming' harmful proteins that cause them

Boosting ATM activity alleviates aging and extends lifespan in a mouse model of progeria

A Must-Read Essay for Any Scientist, 'Living Science: The voice of evidence' by Eve Marder

The breast cancer drug lapatinib, which is designed to shrink tumors, can sometimes cause them to grow in the lab, according to a new study.

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Paralyzed patient feels sensation again