What marsupials taught us about embryo implantation could help women using IVF
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Aggressive spiders are quick at making accurate decisions, good at hunting unpredictable prey
Spiders, like humans and many other animals, have distinct personalities. Two studies by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveiled interesting findings about the relationship between personality ...
Researchers discover how human cells maintain the correct number of chromosomes
Cell division is an essential process in humans, animals and plants as dying or injured cells are replenished throughout life. Cells divide at least a billion times in the average person, usually without any problem. However, ...
Sleep or sex? How the fruit fly decides
Choosing between sex or sleep presents a behavioral quandary for many species, including the fruit fly. A multi-institution team has found that, in Drosophila at least, males and females deal with these competing imperatives ...
Study highlights health consequences of selectively breeding German Shepherd Dogs
German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) could be predisposed to health conditions such as arthritis because of the way they have been bred in recent decades, according to a new study published in the open access journal Canine Genetics ...
Three species of tiny frogs discovered in Peruvian Andes
A University of Michigan ecologist and his colleagues have discovered three more frog species in the Peruvian Andes, raising to five the total number of new frog species the group has found in a remote protected forest since ...
I.Coast seizes record three tonnes of pangolin scales
Authorities in Ivory Coast have seized a record haul of three tonnes of pangolin scales worth an estimated $82,000, in what officials on Thursday called a "massacre".
DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a century.
Which type of cell to become: Decision through indecision
From the moment of fertilization, building a human body involves a series of choices where cells generated by cell division must elect which of the myriad types of cell they will become. How does this decision occur? New ...
A new picture emerges on the origins of photosynthesis in a sun-loving bacteria
Every day, enough sunlight hits the Earth to power the planet many times over—if only we could more efficiently capture all the energy.
