Tag: biology

Squirrels: Are they just rats with better PR? Be advised that this is not safe reading material for squirrel lovers, ...

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so ...

Look, there’s nothing quite like starting your day by pooping on a little paper hammock affixed to your toilet seat ...

The team members went through a process of incrementally determining what elements and molecules the bacterial strain could grow on. ...

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light ...

In his current research, there are still gaps to be filled: how the CYP26B1 gradient is regulated, how retinoic acid ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in complex ...

The human gut microbiome plays a critical role in the body, communicating with the brain and maintaining the immune system ...

One in all these, known as the Argus II, was authorised for industrial use in Europe in 2011 and within ...

However then, too, there was the reassurance, the arrogance, within the accounts of the biologists as treatment to allay suspicion. ...