Tag: biology
Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or...
Ellen Quarles, University of Michigan
You likely know someone who seems to age slowly, appearing years younger than their...
Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and...
Clarice D. Aiello, University of California, Los Angeles
Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own...
Vagrant, machine or pioneer? How we think about a roving eagle...
Adriana Craciun, Boston University
The Steller’s sea eagle is one of the largest and most aggressive raptors in the...
Smell is the crucial sense that holds ant society together, helping...
Laurence Zwiebel, Vanderbilt University and Stephen Ferguson, Vanderbilt University
Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth,...
Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and...
James C. Nieh, University of California, San Diego
The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a...
Power struggles in nature can be more subtle, nuanced and strategic...
Lee Alan Dugatkin, University of Louisville
Scientists used to think power in animals played out in a tidy and...
Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to...
Jason Bruck, Stephen F. Austin State University
Bottlenose dolphins’ signature whistles just passed an important test in animal psychology....
Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University; Brian Lovett, West Virginia University, and Patricia Kaishian, Bard College
It’s no secret that...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
