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To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is
Before a critical point in development, the animals failed to close the wound made by the cut, causing the two […]
Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots
Not quite robotic Given that each fly could act a bit like a writing implement, the researchers started experimenting with […]
De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back
On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators […]
Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Anti-extinction vs. de-extinction Ecosystems are inconveniently complex, and elephants won’t make good surrogates. Are we ready for mammoths when we […]
We have the first video of a plant cell wall being built
Skip to content Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it’s hard to image its construction. Plant cells […]
Newly hatched hummingbird looks, acts like a toxic caterpillar
Skip to content “Batesian mimicry” is when a species evolves to look like one that’s inedible. The adult white-necked jacobin […]
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including […]
Monkeys are better yodelers than humans, study finds
Skip to content Voice breaks in Latin American monkey calls resemble human yodeling, but over a much wider frequency range. […]
A bonus from the shingles vaccine: Dementia protection?
Skip to content The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales. A study released on […]