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Published Deadly sea snail toxin could be key to making better medicines
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists are finding clues for how to treat diabetes and hormone disorders in an unexpected place:...
Published What fat cats on a diet may tell us about obesity in humans
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a...
Published First ever 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes thanks to serendipitously freeze-dried skin
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-ye...
Published Plants can distinguish when touch starts and stops, study suggests - Plants Can Distinguish When Touch Starts and Stops, Study Suggests
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has f...
Published Researchers tickle rats to identify part of the brain critical for laughter and playfulness
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source To study play behaviors in animals, scientists must be able to authentically simulate play-conducive...
Published Brain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies at dawn and dusk
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source It takes over the brains of ants, causing them to cling to blades of grass against their will. The l...
Published Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six ti...
Published Jellyfish, with no central brain, shown to learn from past experience
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Even without a central brain, jellyfish can learn from past experiences like humans, mice, and flies...
Published Paleontologists identify two new species of sabertooth cat
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Sabertooth cats make up a diverse group of long-toothed predators that roamed Africa around 6-7 mill...
Published Conversations with plants: Can we provide plants with advance warning of impending dangers?
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Plant scientists have engineered a light-controlled gene expression system (optogenetics system) fro...
Published Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood. Researchers hoping to rebran...
Published Mice pass the mirror test, a classic indicator of self-recognition
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers report that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselv...
Published Researchers engineer colloidal quasicrystals using DNA-modified building blocks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study unveils a novel methodology to engineer colloidal quasicrystals using DNA-modified build...
Published Reindeer sleep while chewing their cud
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers report that the more time reindeer spend ruminating, the less time they spend in non-rap...
Published Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source What if your house plant could tell you your water isn't safe? Scientists are closer to realizing th...
Published New genes can arise from nothing
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The complexity of living organisms is encoded within their genes, but where do these genes come from...
Published Enzymes can't tell artificial DNA from the real thing
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have come one step closer to unlocking the potential of synthetic DNA, which could help...
Published Where is a sea star's head? Maybe just about everywhere
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study that combines genetic and molecular techniques helps solve the riddle of sea star (commo...
Published 'Mind controlling' parasitic worms are missing genes found in every other animal
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Parasitic hairworms manipulate the behavior of their hosts in what's sometimes called 'mind control....
Published Ancient 'chewing gum' reveals stone age diet
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10,000 years ago? A new study of the DNA in a c...