Study Warns of Major Toll ‘Chronic Stress’ Could Be Taking On Humans
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study…
Fossils reveal Amazon’s anacondas became giants 12 million years ago
A study of anaconda fossils shows that these snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and…
Chernobyl nuclear fungus may shield astronauts from radiation in space
Life has a strange way of thriving in the most extreme places. A peculiar dark-black fungus at the…
Oldest biological GPS? Magnetic fossils of mystery sea creature found
New research from Cambridge and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has decoded the mystery of magnetic fossils left by an…
Scientists find cancer-fighting isotope hidden in accelerator waste
Scientists have found a way to convert high-energy radiation waste from particle accelerators into a critically scarce medical…
China scientists gene edit fungus into meat-like food with less land
Forget lab-grown burgers. A new genetically tweaked fungus is here, and it’s expected to shape the future of…
Subsurface ocean ‘storms’ linked to rapid Antarctic ice melt
image: ©nikkytok | iStock UC Irvine and NASA researchers have identified stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves…
Robots get new ‘brain’ inspired by birds, ants to navigate without GPS
Researchers have reportedly built a new navigation system based on how certain animals navigate the world around them.…
Hypersonic Levitation Spinning Speeds Cell Isolation
Many of the most devastating illnesses are like black boxes to science. Most cancer deaths, for example, are…
Scientists unveil first cellular atlas of world’s most deadly mosquito
The first-ever cellular atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been created by scientists from Rockefeller University and…
Peg–Legged Lizards Lead a Pirate’s Life On Caribbean Islands
An amputee American green anole – credit, Tony Gamble supplied to Washington University The Bahamas were once crawling…
Photographer’s Bat Portraits Capture Their Unique Personalities
José Gabriel MartÃnez-Fonseca A photographer whose biology work brings him up close and personal with bats captures incredible…