Linking environmental influences, genetic research to address concerns of genetic determinism of human behavior ( phys.org )
Will Plants Ever Fertilize Themselves? ( www.newyorker.com )
Mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer in anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications ( www.nature.com )
Women in Science: 6 Pioneers in Plant Photobiology ( botany.one )
Clownfish may be capable of simple math | Study suggests the animals can add up stripes on other fish, though some experts are skeptical ( www.science.org )
Microbes that gave rise to all plants and animals became multicellular 1.6 billion years ago, tiny fossils reveal ( www.science.org )
Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems--Simple Cells Can Do It ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Two Cicada Broods Emerge Together for First Time in 221 Years ( web.archive.org )
Just One Molecule Allows Us to See Millions More Colors Than Our Pets ( www.sciencealert.com )
Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear ( www.pnas.org )
A chemical signal in human female tears lowers aggression in males ( journals.plos.org )
We’ve never understood how hunger works. That might be about to change. ( www.technologyreview.com )
A mystery disease hit South Africa's pine trees 40 years ago: New DNA technology has found the killer ( phys.org )
Some crustaceans have evolved a way to make silk ( www.science.org )
Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time ( news.mit.edu )
Analysis of two decades' worth of antibiotic resistance shows antibiotic use is not the only driver of superbugs ( phys.org )
For the first time, researchers have analyzed the impact of antibiotic use on the rise of treatment-resistant bacteria over the last 20 years in the UK and Norway. They show that while the increase in drug use has amplified the spread of superbugs, it is not the only driver....
How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown Themselves ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Human fetal brain self-organizes into long-term expanding organoids ( www.cell.com )
Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds new study ( phys.org )
Evolution: Fast or Slow? Lizards Help Resolve a Paradox. | Quanta Magazine ( www.quantamagazine.org )
To Hendry, the paradox of stasis was never a paradox at all. The issue, he said, was that biologists assumed that long-term stasis was the result of short-term stability. Throw out that assumption, and the paradox disappears. “The paradox is illusory,” he said. “Evolutionary biologists like to come up with things and call...
What You Don’t Know About Sperm ( nautil.us )
The Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don’t Belong to Us ( www.theatlantic.com )
Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds new study ( phys.org )
A new study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as antibiotic resistance, disease, and climate change....
Scientists create artificial DNA that can be transcribed by a natural enzyme ( phys.org )
The genetic alphabet contains just four letters, referring to the four nucleotides, the biochemical building blocks that comprise all DNA. Scientists have long wondered whether it's possible to add more letters to this alphabet by creating brand-new nucleotides in the lab, but the utility of this innovation depends on whether or...
Chronobiologist and Nobel Laureate in Medicine Michael Rosbash: ‘Lack of sunlight during the day is worse than electric lighting at night’ ( english.elpais.com )
