A new study shows that mosquitoes can rapidly learn and remember the smells of hosts and…
Do western societies promote narcissism?
Researchers have been able to show that people who grew up in the former western states…
Researchers pose revolutionary theory on horse evolution
While it is largely believed that horses simply evolved with fewer digits, researchers pose a new…
Swaths of Asia inhabited by surprisingly related ‘Lizards of the Lost Arcs’
A varied collection of lizards throughout Asia are unexpectedly close cousins of beach-dwelling mourning geckos, all…
Shape-shifting organic crystals use memory to improve plastic electronics
Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics.…
Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus
In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected…
Ecologist unearths the foothill yellow-legged frog’s past in order to inform its future
Once abundant in Southern California, the foothill yellow-legged frog inexplicably vanished from the region sometime between…
Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions
Researchers have found that after going through a training program designed to help people control portion…
Thirty years of innovation pays off as oligonucleotide therapeutics come to market
The recent approval of SpinrazaTM (nusinersen) marks the arrival of a new class of biological products…
Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the…