Cody’s First Task
Zika-linked Birth Defects More Extensive Than Previously Thought, UCLA-led Research Finds
New UCLA-led research finds that Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human fetuses are more extensive…
Seahorses are Weird, and Their Genome Knows Why
Male pregnancy. A long, tube-shaped mouth with no teeth. A body covered with bony plates….
Penn Scientists Use CRISPR for First Time to Correct Clotting in Newborn and Adult Mice
CRISPR/Cas9, a powerful genome editing tool, is showing promise for efficient correction of disease-causing mutations….
Our Brains Have A Basic Algorithm That Enables Our Intelligence, Scientists Say
Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not just recognize a traditional…
Breakthrough As Gene-Editing Technique Restores Sight To Blind Animals
Blind animals have had their vision partially restored using a revolutionary DNA editing technique that…
How Mammary Glands Appeared In The Course Of Evolution
A joint team of geneticists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Swiss Federal…
Unlocking Big Genetic Data Sets
The same algorithms that personalize movie recommendations and extract topics from oceans of text could…
Plant-Eating Mammals Have Bigger Bellies, Claims New Study
Prof. Clauss and his colleagues from Germany and the UK studied the shape of the…
‘Mean Girl’ Meerkats Can Make Twice As Much Testosterone As Males
Testosterone. It’s often lauded as the hormone that makes males bigger, bolder, stronger. Now a…
Monkeys Can Make Stone Tools, but They Don’t Use Them
The capuchin monkeys of Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil are well known for…
Scripps Florida Scientists Uncover New Facets of Zika-Related Birth Defects to Help Develop Treatment
In a study that could one day help eliminate the tragic birth defects caused by…
Adapting to the Heat
In classic experiments on frogs, scientists found that the amphibians’ urge to escape from dangerously…