Nine decades on, a witness to the last Tasmanian thylacine recounts her experience
Even after nine decades, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last…
Researchers discover space travel accelerates aging | Health
(Photo by Pixabay via Pexels) By Stephen Beech Space travel accelerates the aging of human stem cells, reveals…
Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution
Plastics that support modern life are inexpensive, strong, and versatile, but are difficult to dispose of and have…
Living cell-based computing system could advance medical biosensors
The most powerful computer might one day be made of living cells instead of silicon and wires. A…
Column – Off the shelf: Genealogy Strategies | Community
I watched “The Codebreakers” on “20/20” last Friday evening. No, it was not about a World War II…
why LINE-1 might be the key to cancer and aging
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Dr. Liam Holt, associate professor at NYU Langone…
What a caterpillar’s quiet pose tells us about the biology of pain
When most animals are hurt, they lash out or run away. It’s the classic fight-or-flight response. However, the…
First protein-based quantum bit could change biological research
In an interesting development, the team at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME)…
A Deep Dive Into the World of the Sperm Whale
My summer of hiding out from the heat and watching cetacean documentaries continues, with a collection of films…
UBCO scientists develop breakthrough tools | News
UBC Okanagan resarchers have unveiled two innovations that could transform how scientists study the mechanical forces that drive…
Scientists solve decade-long mystery of Pacific sea star epidemic | Spare News
The mystery behind a catastrophic disease that caused the massive die off of billions of sea stars along…
Healthy Life: Ancient viruses in our DNA may hold clues to what makes us human | Healthy Life
Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according…