Biology (Page 29)

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How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger
Biology

How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger

By Rebecca Boyle

Is This New Study the Nail in the Coffin of “Arsenic Life”?
Biology

Is This New Study the Nail in the Coffin of “Arsenic Life”?

By Tom Clynes

New Shrimp Farming Technique Yields Record Hauls of Jumbo Shrimp from Minimal Water
Biology

New Shrimp Farming Technique Yields Record Hauls of Jumbo Shrimp from Minimal Water

By Clay Dillow

Ten Astounding Cases of Modern Evolution and Adaptation
Evolution

Ten Astounding Cases of Modern Evolution and Adaptation

By Dan Nosowitz

Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials
Evolution

Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials

By Rebecca Boyle

Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation
Evolution

Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation

By Rebecca Boyle

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo
Biology

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo

By Rebecca Boyle

Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have Originated in Space
Biology

Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have Originated in Space

By Clay Dillow

The Man Who Would Stop Time
Biology

The Man Who Would Stop Time

By Joseph Hooper

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues
Biology

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

By Rebecca Boyle

Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution
Evolution

Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea
Evolution

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea

By Jennifer Abbasi

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean
Biology

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues
Biology

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks
Evolution

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks

By Rebecca Boyle

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy
Biology

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

By Rebecca Boyle

Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker
Biology

Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker

By Jacob Ward

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]
Biology

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Discover Self-Cloning Lizard Species On Vietnamese Restaurant Menu
Biology

Scientists Discover Self-Cloning Lizard Species On Vietnamese Restaurant Menu

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?
Evolution

FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?

By Bjorn Carey

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
Evolution

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken

By Stuart Fox

Didymo
Biology

Nature’s Grossest Creatures

By Jeremy Hsu

Living Fossils
Evolution

Living Fossils

By Matt Ransford