How mosquito brains encode human odor so they can seek us out
Mosquitos. Bane of backyard picnics—and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions.
Mosquitos. Bane of backyard picnics—and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2022
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Scientists have identified a new detrimental effect of genes that cause inherited diseases, publishing their results today in eLife.
Evolution
Oct 12, 2021
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High levels of biodiversity in aquatic settings offers a wide range of vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids crucial for human health, a range of nutrients that are lacking in ecosystems where the number of species have been ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2021
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, has found that mice that have been living a commensal life with humans for the longest amount of time are the best at problem-solving. In their paper ...
Cancer cells spread by switching on and off abilities to sense their surroundings, move, hide and grow new tumors, a new study has found.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2020
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Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? Throughout the ages, humans have sought answers to these questions, pursuing wisdom through religion, philosophy, and eventually science. Evolutionary analyses published ...
Evolution
Sep 18, 2020
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A mosquito species that is one of the world's leading killers of humans arose more than 7 million years ago on islands in the Indian Ocean, some of which had no mammals of any kind, according to a genetic analysis by Yale ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2020
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One in three women in Europe inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neandertals—a gene variant associated with increased fertility, fewer bleedings during early pregnancy and fewer miscarriages. This is according ...
Evolution
May 27, 2020
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The origin of turtles is among the most debated topics in evolutionary biology. In a recently published study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, Senckenberg scientist Ingmar Werneburg, in cooperation with an international ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2020
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Scientists have discovered that gorillas really are territorial—and their behaviour is very similar to our own.
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2020
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