Research: The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the...

MIT biologists have discovered the answer to a fundamental biological question: Why are cells of a given type all the same size? In humans,...

Research: Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addiction —

When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods into the brain, latching onto receptors on the surface of neurons and...

Research: How one gene in a tiny fish may alter an aquatic ecosystem —

In a remote area of British Columbia's Vancouver Island, Kennedy Lake's deep blue waters stretch over 25 square miles. The lake is home...

Research: Incomplete skeleton of Gobiraptor minutus was likely that of a juvenile —

A new oviraptorosaur species from the Late Cretaceous was discovered in Mongolia, according to a study published in February 6, 2019 in the...

Research: Dynamic atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune —

During its routine yearly monitoring of the weather on our solar system's outer planets, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new mysterious...

Research: Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming —

Most of the birds you've ever seen -- sparrows, finches, robins, crows -- have one crucial thing in common: they're all what scientists...

Research: Species ‘hotspots’ created by immigrant influx or evolutionary speed depending on climate —

Some corners of the world teem with an extraordinary variety of life. Charles Darwin noted that: "The same spot will support more life...

Research: Tentacles ‘catfish’ potential mates into picking the best father —

No one knows just how many species live in the Amazon rainforest -- scientists estimate that it's home to one-third of the world's...

Research: Bees can do basic arithmetic —

Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that expands our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain...

Research: Researchers have observed an increased flow speed on the glacier and predict a...

Cracks in the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier in the far northwest reaches of Greenland indicate the pending loss of another large...

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