Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Colin Barras Another non-human primate has entered the Stone Age – the fourth type known to have done so. One population of white-faced capuchins living in Panama …
Plants 'talk to' each other through their rootsThe Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondentScientists studying corn seedlings believe that they send signals under the soil, advising each other of the proximity of other plants Plants use their roots to “listen in” on their neighbours, according
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory About Our Universe Has Just Been Published, And It Will Melt Your BrainScienceAlert - Michelle Starr Groundbreaking physicist Stephen Hawking left us one last shimmering piece of brilliance before he died: his final paper, detailing his last theory …
Expert warns of potentially catastrophic 'flu pandemic'New York Post - By The Sun A killer flu pandemic could be poised to sweep the globe “tomorrow,” killing as many as 33 million people in its first 200 days. A catastrophic shift …
Cancer Risk From Cellphone Radiation Is Small, Studies ShowThe New York Times - By DENISE GRADYDespite years of research, there is still no clear answer. But two government studies released on Friday, one in rats and one in mice, suggest that if there is any risk, it is small, health officials Safety
Pancreatic cancer: Modified flu virus destroys tumorsMedical News Today - By Ana Sandoiu Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom have modified a flu virus and used it to successfully target pancreatic …
Strange Weather Triggered Bacteria That Killed 200,000 Endangered AntelopeNPR - Merrit KennedyOver the span of three weeks in 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope suddenly died in central Kazakhstan. Scientists knew that bacteria called Pasteurella multocida type B caused the mass death. Now,
Scientists identify what may have killed millions in mystery epidemicCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — In the 16th century, an epidemic known as "cocoliztli" that caused bleeding and vomiting swept through large areas of Guatemala, Mexico and even reached Peru. It wiped out 80% of the population,
This Google-Backed Biotech Is Trying to Create a Universal Flu VaccineFortune - Sy Mukherjee Google parent Alphabet’s venture arm GV (formerly Google Ventures) is among the companies backing U.K. biotech Vaccitech, which has set out to …
One Big Family: This Beautiful Interactive Diagram Shows How Every Organism Is RelatedForbes - Fiona McMillandescend, along with all other life on Earth, from a single celled organism that lived 4 billion years ago, humans are, on average, 99.5% genetically similar to each other. For a deeper dive into this take
These Stunning 3-D Models Are Helping Unravel the Mysteries of CoralWIRED - Matt Simon Coral isn’t what you think it is. It isn’t a plant, but an animal. It doesn’t just grow in shallow, tropical waters, but also hundreds of feet deep …
New Species of Orangutan Is Rarest Ape on EarthNational Geographic - Jason G. GoldmanA population of about 800 apes living in the Sumatran mountains are genetically distinct, a new study says. On November 20, 2013, the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme got a call about an injured
Scientists Are Rewriting the History of PhotosynthesisWIRED - Jordana Cepelewicz Researchers have caught their best glimpse yet into the origins of photosynthesis, one of nature’s most momentous innovations. By taking near-atomic, …
Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Bread Reveals the Secrets of GlutenWIRED - Condé Nast If your homemade country loaf comes out of the oven shrunken and unfluffy, you may have neglected a central tenet of breadmaking: Hydrate the flour. …
New compound kills cancer without harming healthy cellsMedical News Today - By Catharine Paddock PhD Scientists have developed a small molecule that directly triggers suicide in cancer cells without harming healthy cells. In the journal Cancer Cell, …
Researchers Find “Executioner Protein” That Causes Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct Without Hurting Healthy Cellsfuturism.com - Karla Lant Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists have induced cancer cells to commit suicide with a new compound that leaves healthy cells untouched. …
Black tea boosts weight loss by altering gut bacteriaMedical News Today - By Honor Whiteman With obesity affecting more than a third of adults in the United States, identifying new weight loss strategies is a key priority for researchers. In …
Nobel Prize for Chemistry Goes to Inventors of Imaging TechniqueNBC News - Maggie FoxYou know those images of the Zika virus that make it look more like a piece of art than a killer microbe? The shot that captures a Salmonella bacterium injecting explosive materials into a cell to literally
There's even more evidence that one type of exercise is the closest thing we have to a miracle drugBusiness Insider - Erin BrodwinA wealth of recent research, including a new study published this month, suggests that any type of exercise that raises your heart rate and gets you moving and sweating for a sustained period — known aerobic
Why is it so hard to swat a fly?bbc.co.uk - Rory Galloway Try to swat a fly and it will soon become clear that they're faster than you. Much faster. But how on Earth do these tiny creatures - with their minuscule brains - outwit us so easily?
Parasites Inside Your Body Could Actually Be Protecting YouScienceAlert - BEN ASHBY It's fair to say parasites are generally bad for their hosts. Many cause disease and death so, like most species, we humans usually try to avoid …
The algae that terraformed Earthbbc.co.uk - Roland Pease A planetary takeover by ocean-dwelling algae 650 million years ago was the kick that transformed life on Earth.
Scientists say 'prelude' to the sixth mass extinction is happening right nowMashable - Maria GallucciWhen plant and animal species go extinct, it's usually a clear sign that humans have messed up. We've over-hunted, destroyed habitats, polluted waterways, and altered the climate by burning fossil fuels,
The Large Hadron Collider Detected a Beautiful New ParticleScienceAlert - Mike McRae The Large Hadron Collider has once again done what it does best – smash bits of matter together and find new particles in the carnage. This time …
This Scientist Thinks That Life Could Be a Guide to The Evolution of The CosmosScienceAlert - MICHAEL E. PRICE Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom says no. As physicist Lawrence Krauss puts it in his …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo As Habitat Fragmentation Increases, So Does Extinction...truth-out.org - Isabel Esterman Researchers have long assumed that when animals are left without large areas of intact habitat, they are at greater risk of extinction: fragmentation …
Meet This Newly Discovered Flying SquirrelNational Geographic - Virginia MorellNorth America’s newest mammal, Humboldt’s flying squirrel, helps solve an evolutionary mystery. A new species of flying squirrel has been found in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been dubbed Humboldt’s flying
Why Smuggling of This Ocean Creature May SkyrocketNational Geographic - Maraya CornellA proposed law would bar wildlife authorities from monitoring exports of sea cucumbers. It’s a bright, crisp, windy afternoon at the marina in one of eastern Maine’s tiny coastal fishing towns. On the
New species of meat-eating sponge found off the coast of CanadaThe Verge - Alessandra PotenzaCanadian researchers have discovered a new species of meat-eating sponge in the North Atlantic Ocean. Don’t worry, though, it doesn’t eat human meat — it feeds on zooplankton, tiny animals that drift sea
