Some Viruses Can Make You More Attractive to Mosquitoes
Dengue and Zika viruses make infected hosts smell more delicious to mosquitoes. New research shows that when humans and mice are infected with dengue or…
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New Method To Pinpoint the Origin of Illegally Traded Chimpanzees
Using thousands of chimp fecal samples, researchers have created the first catalog of genomic diversity for endangered chimpanzees in the wild. This catalog allows them…
Skydiving Salamanders Parachute and Glide From the World’s Tallest Trees
“Wandering salamanders” live in some of the tallest trees in the world. They also are known to jump when disturbed. Now, scientists report in the…
Study Finds That Climate Change Will Negatively Impact Human Sleep Around the World
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes…
CRISPR Gene Editing Now Possible in Cockroaches
According to a paper published in the journal Cell Reports Methods by Cell Press on May 16th, 2022, researchers devised a CRISPR-Cas9 technique to enable…
Batesian Mimicry: These Bats Scare Off Predators by Buzzing Like Hornets
In Batesian mimicry, a harmless species imitates a more dangerous one in an evolutionary “ruse” that protects the mimic from would-be predators. Now, researchers reporting…
Lunar Soil Can Be Used To Generate Oxygen and Fuel for Moon Astronauts
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, according to a new study by scientists in China…
Not All Dietary Fibers Are Equal – Health Benefits of Dietary Fiber Vary
Researchers revealed in the journal Cell Host & Microbe on April 28th, 2022, that the health benefits of dietary fiber vary between individuals and may…
Older Men With High BMI Have More Sperm Cell Irregularities
According to a single-cell analysis of autopsied human testes, abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells may be exacerbated by elevated body mass index (BMI). The…
Male Spiders Catapult off Their Mates To Avoid Sexual Cannibalism [High-Speed Video]
These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten. After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with…
Forget Mammoths – These Scientists Are Working To Resurrect the Extinct Christmas Island Rat Through DNA Editing
Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, mammoths 4,000 years ago, and the Christmas Island Rat 119 years ago. Since becoming a popular concept in…
Plant Ecologist: We Should Be Eating More Insects and Using Their Waste To Grow Crops
Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to learn that they have such a…
Watch a Chimpanzee Mother Apply an Insect to Her Son’s Wound
For the first time, researchers observed chimpanzees in Gabon, West Africa applying insects to their wounds and the wounds of others. In a study published…
Lifetime of Knowledge Can Clutter Memories of Older Adults
When a person tries to access a memory, their brain quickly sifts through everything stored in it to find the relevant information. But as we…
New Research Finds That With Obesity, the Problem Isn’t an Excess of Fat but Its Loss of Function
A review in the Cell journal reveals that the negative health impacts of obesity are not merely due to excess fat, but rather a loss…
Hippos Recognize Each Other’s Voices – And Respond Differently to Calls of Strangers
Hippopotamuses are rather vocal animals. Their “wheeze honk” calls can be heard over long distances, leading researchers to suspect the calls play an important role…
“Total Surprise” As Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Active Nests Found in Antarctica
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on January 13, 2022, have discovered a massive breeding colony of notothenioid icefish in Antarctica’s southern Weddell Sea….
Zoo Air Is Filled With Enough DNA To Identify the Animals Inside
The air in a zoo is full of smells, from the fish used for feed to the manure from the grazing herbivores, but now we…
