Tag: biology
Genetic GPS system of animal development explains why limbs grow from...
Ethan Bier, University of California San Diego
Why do human look like humans, rather than like chimps? Although we...
When human life begins is a question of politics – not...
Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
A Texas law that aims to eliminate...
Bat pups babble and bat moms use baby talk, hinting at...
Ahana Aurora Fernandez, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
“Mamama,” “dadada,” “bababa” – parents usually welcome with enthusiasm the sounds of...
Giant sea bass are thriving in Mexican waters – scientific research...
Arturo Ramírez-Valdez, University of California San Diego
I was looking at the seafloor, focused on identifying fish species as...
Trees are dying of thirst in the Western drought – here’s...
Daniel Johnson, University of Georgia and Raquel Partelli Feltrin, University of British Columbia
Like humans, trees need water to...
Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked...
Kurt Schwenk, University of Connecticut
As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million...
A volcanic eruption 39 million years ago buried a forest in...
Deborah Woodcock, Clark University and Herb Meyer, National Park Service
In the hills outside the small village of Sexi,...
Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New...
EXPLORING NATURE
Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language
Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University
Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with...
