COVID-19 and pneumolysis simulating extreme high-altitude exposure with altered oxygen transport physiology. Credit: Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues, Bentham Science Publishers The article by…
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Humans have taken spiders into space more than once to study the importance of gravity to their web-building. What originally began as a somewhat unsuccessful…
A Potential Game-Changer to Reverse Alcohol Intoxication A staggering 3 million deaths occur every year as result from harmful use of alcohol, according to the…
Bringing neuroscience out of the laboratory and into the concert hall. We all know that moment when we’re in the car, at a concert or…
A round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in a pipe. Credit: Adam Hardy Goby Fins Are Touchy-Feely Groping around in your bag for your keys can be…
This photo shows a frontal view of an ogre-faced spider, showing their large eyes. Credit: Jay Stafstrom Ogre-faced spiders, named for their massive eyes, hide…
A team of researchers from Penn State and New York University has deconstructed an important “biological clock” in the zebra finch brain and found that…
Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that’s one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to exist…
Illustration of “Homotherium Latidens.” Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat. The…
Got a cat that always seems hungry? New University of Guelph research suggests you might want to reduce — not increase — how often you…
A UCLA-led team of scientists reports on why sleep is vital to our health and how the brain heals during sleep. In very early life,…
Life restoration of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. Credit: Crystal Shin Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals — especially those…
The heart and its trabeculae, first described by Leonardo da Vinci. Credit: Spencer Phillips Scientists show that muscular structures first described by Leonardo da Vinci…
Most taste cells selectively respond to a specific stimulus type while broadly responsive cells respond to multiple taste qualities. Credit: Jhanna Flora and Kathryn Medler…
Collecting tears from Broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris. Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren’t so unlike our own, shows a new study in…
Gorilla skull and larynx. Credit: Copyright Dr Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Study is largest ever investigation into evolution of larynges across species. Scientists…
Climate change is changing already extreme nursery environments for baby blacktip reef sharks. Credit: Tom Vierus, www.tomvierus.com Scientists can now explain how baby reef sharks…
Myosin with azoTP and ATP in its active site. Credit: UMass Amherst/Debold lab Synthesizing an alternative fuel for muscle could lead to medical advances. A…
Venus flytraps catch spiders and insects by snapping their trap leaves. This mechanism is activated when unsuspecting prey touch highly sensitive trigger hairs twice within…
The paradise tree snake mid-glide during the team’s motion experiments. Credit: Jake Socha Interdisciplinary team finds the motion enhances Chrysopelea paradisi’s rotational stability. The snakes…