Tag: science
Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in...
Alejandro Rico-Guevara, University of Connecticut and Kristiina Hurme, University of Connecticut
Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like...
Our ‘Rosetta Stone’ gene could unlock the secrets of schizophrenia
Kevin Fox, Cardiff University
Schizophrenia affects around 1% of the global population and can cause paranoia, hallucinations and a breakdown in patients' thought processes, with...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
Brett Carter, Boston College and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College
The Earth’s magnetic field...
Shift work causes breast cancer in mice, according to a new...
Shift work causes breast cancer in mice, according to a new study – so what does this mean for humans?
Richard Stevens, University of Connecticut
A...
Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was…
Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was among first flowering plants
David Dilcher, Indiana University, Bloomington
Photosynthesis – the ability to convert energy...
Play linked to sluggish growth in infant monkeys – but should...
Phyllis Lee, University of Stirling
For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their...
Researchers carefully protect dangerous pathogens – but…
Researchers carefully protect dangerous pathogens – but how secure are all their data?
Carole Baskin, Saint Louis University
Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and many others: the most...
Researchers produce opioid pain killer from genetically modified…
Researchers produce opioid pain killer from genetically modified yeast with opium poppy genes
James Bruce, The Open University
The natural world has long been a source...
EXPLORING NATURE
LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...
Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
