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Mice don’t get Alzheimer’s, so why test Alzheimer's drugs on them?

A breathing tube through the rectum could be an alternative to mechanical ventilators

Loss of glutamate in the brain contributes to Parkinson's disease motor impairments

Study in PLoS One shows that retracted papers continue to circulate, spread misinformation through scientific literature, and that retraction notices rarely get as much attention as the paper itself

When bears hibernate, they avoid osteoporosis by turning off the genes for bone resorption and bone formation

Tyrannosaurus rex walked as slowly as a human, and may have used its tail as a suspension system

Your brain responds to why you’re drinking, not just what you’re drinking

Fungi create genes to "win over" their plant friends and neighbors.

Plastic waste can be converted into high-quality graphene using new "flash Joule heating" technique

The Apgar Score helped decrease the infant mortality rate

Afternoon workouts are better for health than morning routines, especially for metabolically compromised people

Instead of a colonoscopy, a new screen tests feces for colorectal cancer-related bacteria

Antidepressants and anti-schizophrenia medication suppress growth of gut microbiome bacteria

Plants can grow quickly or accurately, but not both

A potential new treatment for premature aging diseases keeps stem cells fresh longer

DNA from a mummified bishop's lungs shows tuberculosis began infecting humans only recently, in the last few thousand years

Mice show paternal behavior after siring, but rats do not

Stress causes grey hair by activating flight-or-flight response, which drives pigment-producing cells away from hair follicles

COVID-19 lockdown has changed how we use recreational drugs

Peccaries mob jaguars to protect their herd from predation. First time peccary anti-predator mobbing behavior was caught on camera

Bioengineered yeast produce yields of psilocybin and psilocin comparable to or greater than naturally-occurring mushrooms

Scientists develop wireless NICU baby monitors, which can facilitate skin-to-skin contact for family and doctors

The Notre-Dame cathedral fire deposited one metric ton of lead into surrounding neighborhoods

Scientists discover new species of tardigrades with shapeshifting eggs

Los Angeles's highways are making urban coyotes' genomes distinct from rural cousins

Blocking a virus's ability to mimic the human body creates a potential new vaccine for metapneumovirus

Sequencing narwhal DNA showed that populations expanded in the melting after the Last Glacial Maximum

The sugar in semen makes HIV drugs less effective, blocking antibodies and anti-virals from making contact with the virus

Heavy metals from open-pit mining can spread up to 30 kilometers away from the mine

Researchers develop a better test for the parasite that causes river blindness, accurate at 94% and up to 99%

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