Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact…
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For ants, unity is strength — and health
When a pathogen enters their colony, ants change their behavior to avoid the outbreak of disease.…
Crowdsourced field data shows importance of smallholder farms to global food production
A new global field size data set collected as part of a crowdsourcing citizen science project…
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa
New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of…
Corals and their microbiomes evolved together, new research shows
Corals and the microbes they host evolved together, new research shows, adding fresh insight to the…
Could an anti-global warming atmospheric spraying program really work?
A program to reduce Earth's heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft…
Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than the rich in ‘deeply worrying’ trend for UK
The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England…
Over half of former ICU patients in the UK report symptoms of psychological disorders
Patients in the UK who have survived critical illnesses requiring care in an intensive care unit…
ISS microbes should be monitored to avoid threat to astronaut health
Strains of the bacterium Enterobacter, similar to newly found opportunistic infectious organisms seen in a few…
Breast cancers enhance their growth by recruiting cells from bone marrow
Researchers have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting stromal cells originally formed…