Cell & Microbiology
Mar 27, 2019
Researchers beginning to uncover the mystery of hagfish's zombie hearts
They are the scavengers of the deep and the dead.
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Ecology
Mar 7, 2019
Why extinct species seem to be returning from the dead
Like something out of a zombie movie, species that were once thought extinct seem to be rising from the dead. Between February 21 and March 4 2019, three notable rediscoveries were announced – the Fernandina Island Galápagos ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2019
Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with 'antifreeze'
The good thing about the short Antarctic summer is it's a lot like a Midwest winter.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2019
Bacteria can survive starvation in zombie mode
Bacteria that are exposed to a hostile environment, for example with antibiotics or very few nutrients, can sometimes survive by 'going to sleep." Biologists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered an unknown, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
For zombie microbes, deep-sea buffet is just out of reach
Far below the ocean floor, sediments are teeming with bizarre zombie-like microbes. Although they're technically alive, they grow in slow motion, and can take decades for a single cell to divide—something their cousins at ...
Astronomy
Jan 2, 2019
A guide to hunting zombie stars
Apparently not all supernovas work. And when they fail, they leave behind a half-chewed remnant, still burning from leftover heat but otherwise lifeless: a zombie star. Astronomers aren't sure how many of these should-be-dead ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2018
Climate talks extended as island nations demand action
Weary officials from almost 200 countries faced another day of negotiations at the U.N. climate talks to bridge their last remaining differences as small island nations on Friday demanded an ambitious stance against global ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2018
Life in deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tons of carbon—hundreds of times more than humans
Barely living "zombie" bacteria and other forms of life constitute an immense amount of carbon deep within Earth's subsurface—245 to 385 times greater than the carbon mass of all humans on the surface, according to scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2018
Newly discovered wasp turns social spiders into zombies
It sounds like the plot of the world's tiniest horror movie: deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a newly discovered species of wasp transforms a "social" spider into a zombie-like drone that abandons its colony to do the wasp's ...
Internet
Nov 25, 2018
Video gaming fiends with an itch hit Twitch
Seven years on from the rebranding of its original incarnation Justin.tv, video game live-streaming platform Twitch boasts more than a million people tuned in at any moment and interest is rising.
