AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarBiotechnology is creating ethical worries—and we’ve been here beforeverified_publisherArs Technica - Diana GitigA new book explores 3 capabilities that are here now, whether we're ready or not. Matthew Cobb is a zoologist and author whose background is in insect …
AvatarNcripterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBirds getting smaller, 'wingier' as planet warms, research findsphys.org - David ColganA UCLA-led study published today reveals that migratory birds across North America are getting smaller, a change the researchers attribute to the …
AvatarNcripterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGolden Blood: Fewer Than 50 People In The World Have This Super-Rare Blood Typeiflscience.com - Tom HaleHaving "golden blood" can be a blessing and a curse. There’s a blood type so rare that fewer than 50 people in the world are known to possess it. …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarCells Form Into Living ‘Xenobots’ on Their OwnWIRED - Philip BallEmbryonic cells can self-assemble into new forms that don’t resemble the bodies they usually generate, challenging old ideas of what defines an …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarOctopuses can 'see' light with their armsLive Science - By Cameron DukeOctopuses can "see" light with their arms, even when their eyes are in the dark, researchers have found. When the arms of the octopus detect light, …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarThis is the year that CRISPR moves from lab to clinicWired UK - Jennifer DoudnaIn 2021, we will discover even more uses for the innovative gene-editing technology Since my colleagues and I first described CRISPR as a …
AvatarNcripterWorld's Oldest DNA Is Discovered in a 1.2-Million-Year-Old Mammothverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisThe study of paleogenetics has a lot to teach us about the evolution of life on Earth. Until recently, the oldest DNA extracted and studied was that of an Ice Age horse found in Canadian permafrost and dating back about 700,000 years. Recent work by the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm, …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarHalting Excessive Inflammation with New Way to Regulate LymphocytesGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - John SterlingResearchers at the Dublin-based Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Sciences say they have discovered a new …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarHere’s a Slug That Can Sever Its Own Head and Grow a New Bodyverified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraScientists were baffled after they observed the severed heads heal and begin to eat before growing new bodies. It was an ordinary day in the Yoichi Yusa laboratory at Nara Women's University in Japan, where scientists examine the life cycle of sea slugs. PhD student Sayaka Mitoh was conducting her …
AvatarNcripterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAcute Itching in Eczema Patients Linked to Environmental Allergens - Neuroscience Newsneurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience NewsIn addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, …
AvatarNcripterAvatarAvatarHere's what we know sex with Neanderthals was likeverified_publisherBBC Future - Zaria GorvettScientists know a surprising amount about the titillating episode in human history when our species got together, including whether we kissed and the nature of their sexual organs.
AvatarNcripterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBeyond COVID: mRNA vaccines may treat cancer and morefreethink.com - Amanda WinklerThis article is an installment of The Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to …