1+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) A hidden band between violet and blue keeps animals’ eyesight perfect—but lightbulbs don’t emit it. Because tree shrews are “near primates,” whose eyes have more in common with ours than those of mice, these results suggest that the same…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (399+ words) A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected. The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (369+ words) It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem. It would probably be pretty alarming to learn that, in the early 1980s, scientists decided to drop off a bunch of gophers at the site of a volcanic…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) This new organoid will provide valuable insight into how the brain—both mouse and human—develop in the body. The research gives scientists a good idea of which current brain organoids are good candidates for further study—and which aren’t....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (278+ words) Mitochondria have long been understood as the powerhouse of the cell. Are they also the powerhouse of rejuvenation? On average, the human body is made of 37 trillion cells, and many of those cells contain mitochondria, a membrane-bound organelle whose primary…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1714+ words) It’s so large that it could stretch from the sun to Pluto an unfathomable number of times. These AM fungi are essential for plants across the world, as they play a major role in their sustenance. For instance, mycorrhizal fungi…...