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Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy
On Sunday, the genetic testing and heritage company 23andMe announced that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was asking […]
“Infantile amnesia” occurs despite babies showing memory activity
Skip to content It looks like humans actively suppress our earliest memories. For many of us, memories of our childhood […]
We probably inherited our joints from… a fish
What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share […]
Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
Skip to content A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system. Human speech arises courtesy of […]
Even the worst mass extinction had its oases
Some earlier plants might not have made it through the extinction since rock layers from the onset of the End-Permian […]
Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics
Skip to content I’ve got one word for you A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers. Medical […]
A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are […]
Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Skip to content Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals. We know Earth formed […]
In one dog breed, selection for utility may have selected for obesity
Skip to content In one dog breed, selection for utility may have selected for obesity Selecting trainable dogs may have […]