Biology
Some Animals Don't Get Weaker With Age
Some animals actually get more fertile and less prone to dying as they hit their upper years
Allergies Can Be So Specific That a Person Can React to a Egg's Yolk But Not Its Whites
Food allergies can be quite specific, triggered by a single species rather than entire genre such as "seafood"
Hey Guys, What You Eat Affects Baby’s Health, Too
Men's habits and diets leading up to pregnancy can also affect the health of their babies
These Carnivorous Plants Glow Under Ultraviolet Light to Attract Prey
Their florescent blue glow lures ants to their death. Mask it, and the plants barely catch any
This One Little Video Will Help You Understand Fireflies Better Forever
Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction that happens and creates light. Fluorescence requires lights to be seen
If People Flirted Like Animals
Just be glad people don't flirt like some of these other animals
Sharks Can Sense When Your Back Is Turned
New research suggests that sharks can sense where you can't see, and will approach just outside your field of vision
By Painting Their Markings, This Scientist Disrupted Birds' Social Structure
A few lines of black paint was all it took to destroy these Pūkekos' social standing
Why Do Moose Fight So Much?
The point isn't actually to gore the other moose with your antlers, but rather to push harder and show that you're stronger
Many Animals, Including the Platypus, Lost Their Stomachs
Not only did those animals toss their stomachs out with the evolutionary garbage, they burned the genetic instructions, too
Baby Mice Can Inherit Fear of Certain Smells From Their Parents
But researchers are far from pinning down the mechanism by which this may be possible, or what specific roles epigenetics plays in human disease
Can Babies Be Born Addicted to Junk Food?
The tastes you grew up with, tend to stick with you
Poachers Are Using Scientific Papers to Guide Them to Their Next Victims
For scientists who discover new species, the prospect of their science being used to gather and sell the species they described is a strange one
Why Brain Size Doesn't Correlate With Intelligence
We can nurture growth, but never really control it
The Serene Beauty of Horses in the Womb
Photographer Tim Flach sees similarities between baby equines and humans
If Cockroaches Are Conscious, Would That Stop You From Smushing Them?
Research has shown cockroaches are adept communicators, and can even show individual personality
Same-Sex Parenting Can Be an Adaptive Advantage
Same-sex bird couples produced fewer offspring than traditional couples, but they still reared more chicks than solo parents
The Microbes Living in Our Bodies Were Probably Once Evil Pathogens
The Salmonella of the past may today help us break down food in our gut, for example
Men Are Just As Picky As Women About Who They’d Date—If They’re the Ones Being Pursued
When women have to be the pursuer, they become much less picky
Should We Use Body Painting to Teach Anatomy?
Artist Danny Quirk's paintings on the skin of willing friends show in textbook-like detail the muscle, bone and tissue that lie underneath
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