New studies help to explain how microbes in the gut can shape a host’s fear responses
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For these species, their biological sex is the most consequential trait. (Extreme sexual dimorphism)
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A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s thirty-eight years
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China’s CRISPR babies: Read exclusive excerpts from the unseen original research
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How fungi made all life on land possible
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Effects of one year of Vitamin D and marine Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older US adults
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Vikings killed off Iceland's walruses – ancient DNA says the extinct Icelandic walruses were a genetically distinct population
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Migrating Russian eagles run up huge data roaming charges
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A newly-discovered species of beetle, Nelloptodes gretae, has been named after young climate activist Greta Thunberg
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been named one of the most important projects in the world over the last fifty years
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The strange, uncertain fate of one of the world’s most valuable salmon habitats
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Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases
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Survival of the friendliest: It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break
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Earliest signs of life
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Venoms vs. poisons
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How cities reshape the evolutionary path of urban wildlife
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GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: study
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The tiny algae at ground zero of Greenland's melting glaciers
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Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
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Evidence for bias of genetic ancestry in resting state functional MRI
Conference paper: Evidence For Bias Of Genetic Ancestry In Resting State Functional MRI [blocked] Preprint (not peer-reviewed): Evidence for Bias of Genetic Ancestry in Resting State Functional...
Conference paper: Evidence For Bias Of Genetic Ancestry In Resting State Functional MRI
[blocked]Preprint (not peer-reviewed): Evidence for Bias of Genetic Ancestry in Resting State Functional MRI
[not blocked]Someone posted this on Reddit. It purports to be a study which shows that it is possible to identify a person's genetic ancestry (in other words, their "race") by observing their brain activity.
Thereby, we demonstrated that genetic ancestry is encoded in the functional connectivity pattern of the brain at rest. We hypothesize that these observed differences are a result of known ethnicity-related variations in head and brain morphology
This feels problematic, in that it gives support to the racist idea that different "races" think differently. But I don't know enough myself to believe this study or debunk it. I present it for more knowledgeable people than myself to dissect and discuss.
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'Ding dong, it's time': Dancing tarantulas emerge in droves to mate in western US
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Mystery disease kills dozens of dogs across Norway as officials scramble to find cause
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Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics announced, awarding a collective $21.6 million
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Deinonychus, the raptor that made us rethink dinosaurs
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The 'Sea Nomad' children who see like dolphins
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Spectacular mitosis in mesenchymal stem cells
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Maybe your Zoloft stopped working because a liver fluke tried to turn your Nth-great-grandmother into a zombie
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How life sciences actually work
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A vaccine for cat allergies is in development; early results are promising, aiming for market release in 2022
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Horticulturists have planted five palm trees in Laugardalur to investigate how these plants respond to Icelandic weather conditions
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In brain’s electrical ripples, markers for memories appear
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How do protozoa get around?
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Alarm over North Atlantic right whale's survival after recent deaths
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Twenty pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland
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The life and death of an Instagram fish - What one funny-looking fish taught us about evolution, the internet, and the monsters we create
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Anglerfish are increasingly being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors
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Testing if sharks can smell a drop of blood
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Tiny bombs in your blood - The complement system
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Accuracy of genotyping chips called into question
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Whistling while they work: Cooperative laguna dolphins have a unique accent
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Taking the sting out: Australian gene editing is crossing the pain threshold
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Dozens of dead beached whales have been spotted by sightseers during a helicopter flight over western Iceland
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Scientists debate the origin of cell types in the first animals
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Stentors: Single-celled giants
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I couldn’t tell this delicious lab-grown ice cream didn’t come from a cow
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The snakes that ate Florida
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Researchers eliminated HIV from the genomes of living animals, for the first time
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Dissecting the role of the gut microbiota and diet on visceral fat mass accumulation
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Snowball the dancing cockatoo has wide range of killer moves, new study finds
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So far cultured meat has been burgers – the next big challenge is animal-free steaks
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