Honey Bees: Conservation Icon or Environmental Problem?
Bzzzzztt! Oh, sorry. That was just the sound of another honey bee dying. Seriously though, honey bee populations are crashing all over the world – we’ve lost nearly 60% of honey bee colonies since the...
View ArticleStop Insulting Anglerfish Sex
You may have seen the anglerfish sex video floating around the Internet recently, with titles like “The worst sex in the world is anglerfish sex, and now there’s finally video.” While the video is...
View ArticleFun Facts About Cephalopods
Class Cephalopoda is home to some of the most intelligent and mysterious critters in the sea. Including species of octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus, cephalopods are a type of mollusk that have...
View ArticleGetting to the Heart of the Matter: “Fish are friends, not food”
When most people think about “Finding Nemo,” they likely think about Nemo, the adventurous young clownfish who got caught up in a fishy situation (no pun intended) and ended up in a dentist’s fish...
View ArticleWill dogs save us from allergies?
Dog is man’s best friend. Man is dog’s…predictor for allergies? A recent study showed dogs with owners that suffer from allergies are more likely to suffer from allergies themselves. Researchers also...
View ArticleTo Dye or Not To Dye
Dyeing hair is a common, but not recent, beauty practice. Hair dyeing (coloring) has been around for thousands of years, using plant-based dyes such as indigo and turmeric before synthetic dyes were...
View ArticleUnderstanding Sea Turtle Navigation with Laser-based Imaging
If you’ve ever been lost in an unfamiliar city or tried to walk around in the dark, then you may have found yourself wishing you had the eyes of a cat or the echolocation abilities of a bat. But have...
View ArticleA Scientist’s View of Animal Research
One of the most controversial aspects of biomedical research is the use of animals to benefit humans. Scientists use animals to test new treatments for human diseases and to understand human biology....
View ArticleIt helps to be flexible: disordered proteins in biological stress response
Imagine you are working on a project with a large group of people, all with different personalities and responsibilities. Your group was just informed that something important to the progress of the...
View ArticleHigh-Throughput Urinary Testing: More Data, More Problems?
New technology is coming to UTI diagnosis and may lead to big improvements in the lives of millions of patients, But are these new tests worth the hype (and cost)?
View ArticleWhere is the line between life and non-life?
What classifies an organism as living? New classes of viruses may blur the line between what is living and what is not.
View ArticleHere’s how you can get involved in scientific research!
Citizen science enables non-scientists to get involved in the scientific process. Keep reading to find out how you could contribute to a research project!
View ArticleDebunking MSG &“Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”
Salt is used to season virtually everything – from the simple scrambled eggs made five minutes before your first Zoom meeting, to an entire pot roast that took the whole…
View ArticleWhat octopuses on ecstasy tell us about brain evolution
Of all the creatures on earth, octopuses might be the most alien. They could not be more different from us, with powerful tentacles, three hearts, blue blood, and neurons spread…
View ArticleThe Fasted and Curious: Purported Benefits and Risks of Intermittent and...
Intermittent fasting is gaining popularity as a diet and wellness trend. Are there any real benefits to it?
View ArticleAlphaFold Unlocks Protein Structure Prediction with Artificial Intelligence
In theory, a protein’s structure could be computationally predicted using only its unique sequence of amino acids. But for the last half century, accurate structural predictions of proteins have...
View ArticleNot Ticked Off Any More – How Scientists Are Combating Tick Borne Illness
This article first gives a background on Lyme Disease; what it is caused by, the symptoms of Lyme Disease infection and how it is treated, and "Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome" (PTLDS). It then...
View ArticleSelf-Healing Buildings and Biodegradable Bricks: Modern Mycological Architecture
Self-healing buildings and compostable bricks are astonishing architectural feats brought to you by fungi.
View ArticleThe Turing Process: Math reveals how the leopard got their spots and how...
What do giraffes, angelfish, and seashells all have in common? Their surface patterns, from the patches on giraffe coats to the stripes on the angelfish, are formed through the reaction-diffusion...
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