progscrape: biology

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major breakthrough for infertility research.

51 days ago sciencealert.com biology

Scientists discovered six new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

51 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

51 days ago arstechnica.com biology

As teams of Asian weaver ants gain more members, they strategically use their grippy feet to become ever more efficient at pulling leaf tips, a new study in Current Biology found

52 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

Spirals in the umbilical cord help to keep babies cool before birth, new research finds: « The spiral design of the blood vessels in the cord appears to affect the exchange of oxygen and heat…

56 days ago manchester.ac.uk biology

In the largest study of its kind, scientists accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and their wild relatives becoming smaller

2 months ago newatlas.com biology

To Find Out How Hands Evolved, Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

2 months ago nytimes.com biology

Enzyme behind diet-induced obesity and diabetes can be ‘switched off’

57 days ago newatlas.com biology diabetes

Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca

2 months ago arstechnica.com biology

The pan-cancer proteome atlas, a mass spectrometry-based landscape for discovering tumor biology, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

53 days ago cell.com biology cancer