A gene for our big brains was rescued from DNA garbage bin ~science biology Article 837 words, published Jun 1 2018 9 votes
What does immersing yourself in a book do to your brain? ~science biology Article 3610 words, published Aug 8 2018 10 votes
Quantum physics observed in photosynthesis and could lead the way to greatly improved solar technologies ~science physics.quantum biology.quantum Link 10 votes
Ambitious 'human cell atlas' aims to catalog every type of cell in the body ~science biology.cellular Article 1130 words 3 votes
Michael Faraday - The Chemical History of a Candle [1848] (Probably the best scientific talk ever) ~science chemistry biology Video 11:48, published Jun 28 2016 6 votes
Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony ~humanities.history Article 683 words 4 votes
Entire yeast genome squeezed into one lone chromosome ~science biology.synthetic Article 908 words 6 votes
Bioengineered lungs grown in a lab successfully transplanted into living pigs ~science biology medicine Article 359 words 8 votes
Ethics questions arise as genetic testing of embryos increases ~science biology Article 1742 words, published Feb 3 2014 19 votes
These mice have brains that are part human. So are they mice, or men? ~science biology Article 1278 words 7 votes
IVF at forty: Revisiting the revolution in assisted reproduction ~science medicine biology Article 740 words 3 votes
The origins of hummingbirds are still a major mystery ~science biology Article 1178 words, published Jul 12 2018 7 votes
Great Barrier Reef coral recovery slows significantly over eighteen-year period ~enviro Article 903 words, published Jul 18 2018 9 votes
Parrot's unique brain structure explains why they're so smart ~science biology Article 412 words, published Jul 13 2018 4 votes
New DNA animations by wehi.tv for science-art exhibition ~science biology Video 7:20, published Jul 17 2018 5 votes
Sleep science: In the era of screens, rest is crucial ~health Article 4323 words, published Jul 17 2018 8 votes
Two fungal species—one pathogenic, one benign—are actually the same ~science medicine biology.industrial Article 700 words 10 votes
Australian governments concede Great Barrier Reef headed for 'collapse' ~enviro climate change Article 13 votes
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf scientist? ~science biology Article 5925 words, published Jul 5 2018 5 votes
'Seahorse hotels' bring an endangered species back from the edge of extinction ~enviro conservation Article 662 words 6 votes
The wood wide web: The world of trees underneath the surface ~science biology Article 878 words, published Aug 26 2016 6 votes
The Great Barrier Reef could be hit with repeat coral bleaching events every two years by 2034 under current greenhouse gas pollution rates, the Climate Council’s new report shows. ~enviro climate change Article 334 words, published May 7 2018 8 votes
Why do humans kiss each other when most animals don't? ~science anthropology biology Article 1197 words, published Jul 10 2015 10 votes
Koala genome project reveals secrets about its toxic diet and disease ~science biology Article 1088 words 3 votes
A mass colony of tent spiders have created a mesmerising display in a nature reserve on Australia's east coast, capturing the imagination of locals ~science biology Article 860 words 15 votes
Identifying criminals by the 'bacterial fingerprints' they leave behind ~science biology.micro Article 510 words, published Jun 22 2018 10 votes
Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life ~enviro energy pollution.water Article 603 words 11 votes
Bogong moths use the Earth's magnetic field to get their bearings on long distance migrations ~science biology Article 1376 words, published Jun 21 2018 4 votes
Big fish are found deep not because of age, climate, or prey, but because of us ~science biology.marine Article 1006 words, published Feb 5 2014 11 votes
New technique could help scientists creat custom genes in twenty-four hours ~science biology Article 868 words 11 votes
Mammals are becoming more nocturnal to avoid humans, study finds ~science biology Article 949 words, published Jun 14 2018 29 votes
Moderate exposure to sunlight improves motor learning and long-term memory in mice ~science biology medicine Link 5 votes
How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions ~science biology physics Article 36 words 5 votes
Dance of the Honeybees: By pairing the sun’s direction with the flow of gravity, honeybees explain the distant locations of food by dancing, essentially using 2D representations of 6D shapes as guides ~science biology mathematics Video 7:29, published Feb 3 2011 7 votes
How the brain performs flexible computations: New neural model reveals how the brain adapts to new information. ~science biology.neuro Article 916 words 7 votes
Columbia scientists identify the distinct mechanisms by which mammals discriminate a taste and assign a positive or negative valence ~science biology Article 1535 words, published May 30 2018 6 votes