The evolutionary origin of endothermy (the ability to maintain a warm body and higher energy levels than reptiles), currently believed to have originated separately in birds and mammals, could have occurred nearly 300 million ...
Evolution
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Now that the Human Genome Project has officially wrapped, an international team of researchers will map the entire collection of proteins in the human body.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 17, 2021
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As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, there could come a time when we are traveling to other planets for holidays, or perhaps even to live. Commercial space company Blue Origin has ...
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2021
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Four teams of researchers from multiple institutions in South Korea, the U.K. and China, working independently of one another, have made progress in understanding how mutations accumulate in human cells over time. All four ...
Indiana Jones hates snakes. And he's certainly not alone. The fear of snakes is so common it even has its own name: ophidiophobia.
Materials Science
Jul 15, 2021
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Sea otters are a hardy lot.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2021
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All life on Earth 500 million years ago lived in the oceans, but scientists know little about how these animals and algae developed. A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold the keys to understanding ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 28, 2021
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This worm that lives in the White Sea is able to restore lost body segments. However, it turned out that suppression of FGF protein activity disturbs this ability. Similar proteins are found in humans. This discovery may ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2021
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Every day, people are exposed to microplastics from food, water, beverages and air. But it's unclear just how many of these particles accumulate in the human body, and whether they pose health risks. Now, researchers reporting ...
Environment
Mar 31, 2021
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UCLA materials scientists and their colleagues have developed a new method to make synthetic biomaterials that mimic the internal structure, stretchiness, strength and durability of tendons and other biological tissues.
Materials Science
Feb 24, 2021
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