They Send Messages Via The Air
Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical pulses firing under bark. Scientists are discovering that trees are anything…
Scientists are turning human brain cells into functional computers
Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed from living human brain…
You’ll Never Guess What Took First Place at the Royal Society’s Photo Competition
Ever wonder what spider silk looks like up close? Like, really up close? The winner of this year’s Royal Society…
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…
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…
Forget Meat—Here Comes Genetically Modified Protein Fungus
Move over meat… scientists have engineered a fungal organism that produces protein more efficiently than conventional livestock while…
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…
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…
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…
80 million-year-old fossil of marine crocodile found in Egypt
Fossilized remains of a long-snouted crocodile-like reptile have been uncovered in Egypt’s Western Desert. Paleontologists from Mansoura University…
Sperm From Older Men Have More Genetic Mutations
Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations…