Scientists Say Oriole Hybridization Is a Dead End
Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles Are Not Merging A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one…
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Dinosaur Diagnosed With Malignant Cancer for the First Time – Cancerous Bone From 77 Million Years Ago
Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University researchers diagnose osteosarcoma in a Centrosaurus apertus. A collaboration led by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and McMaster University…
Why Bird Nests Attract Flying Insects and Parasites
Researchers in Spain study how disease vectors such as flying midges sense differences in gas concentration in order to locate their hosts. Flying insects and…
Tracking Humanity’s Latest Plastics and Chemical Toxins in Stranded Whales and Dolphins
As humanity develops new types of plastics and chemicals, researchers are constantly trying to keep up with understanding how these contaminants affect the environment and…
Vultures Carry Microorganisms That Can Cause Disease in Humans, but Do They Put Human Health at Risk?
A new analysis published in IBIS examines whether bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present in wild vultures cause disease in the birds, and whether vultures…
Larger Trees More Likely to Die From Drought in the Amazon – Small Trees Offer Hope for Rainforests
Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests. Severe and long-lasting droughts are becoming…
Reef Sharks in Decline – Already Functionally Extinct on Many of the World’s Reefs
Global survey reveals sharks are functionally extinct on many of the world’s reefs, but hope lies in key conservation measures. Though many people find them…
Our Brains’ Information Processing Capacity Is Constrained by a Constant but Limited Energy Supply
Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited energy supply, according to a…
Speech Processing Hierarchy in the Dog Brain – Exciting Similarities With Humans
The study reveals exciting speech processing similarities between us and a speechless species. Dog brains, just as human brains, process speech hierarchically: intonations at lower,…
Sexual Parasitism: Deep-Sea Anglerfish Evolved a New Type of Immune System to Physically Fuse With Their Mates
Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a curious reproductive strategy. Tiny males attach themselves to gigantic females so tightly that the tissues of the two animals eventually…
Advanced Cryo-EM Reveals Viral RNA Replication Complex Structure in “Game-Changing” Detail
For the first time, scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have generated near atomic resolution images of a major viral protein complex responsible for…
Powerful DNA Manipulation: Improved Gene Editing With New Understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 Tool
Cryo-EM captures CRISPR-Cas9 base editor in action. Within a mere eight years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the go-to genome editor for both basic research and gene…
Raw Genetic Basis of Bats’ Unique Adaptations and Remarkable Superpowers Revealed
First six reference-quality bat genomes released and analyzed. For the first time, the raw genetic material that codes for bats’ unique adaptations and superpowers such…
Solving a DNA Mystery: “The Bizarre Thing About the Bubbling DNA”
Exposure to enzymes causes peculiar response in liquid droplets formed by DNA; new study explains mechanisms behind it. “A watched pot never boils,” as the…
How Mosquitoes Got Their Taste for Human Blood – What It Means for the Future
Of about 3,500 mosquito species around the world, only a few have taken to specifically targeting people for biting, making them important spreaders of infectious…
How Human Sperm Fooled Scientists for 350 Years
How Human Sperm Really Swim: New Research Challenges Old Assumption New research in fertility science by researchers from Bristol and Mexico has shattered the universally…
We Are Mutating SARS-CoV-2 – The COVID-19 Virus – But It Is Evolving Back
Scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution looked at the evolution of the virus that causes Covid19; their findings could help the design of a…
Encyclopedia Created to Detail the Inner Workings of the Human and Mouse Genomes
ENCODE Project’s third phase offers new insights into the organization and regulation of our genes and genome. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is…
