Sea sanctuaries could work well for some animals, but up to this point, only a handful of animals have lived in them.
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Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes – to unexpected results.
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
Biological sex isn’t always simple.
If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.
No one has ever seen one of these fish alive. But they are most likely still swimming in a part of the sea we hardly ever visit.
Playing improv music activates the reward system of the brain.
What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?
The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.
Today, cloning is not a technology that can simply “copy and paste” living things. But it’s brought advances in several fields of science.
Scientists have identified sertraline — the active ingredient in Zoloft and dozens of other antidepressants — in the brain tissue of hammerhead sharks caught off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear evolutionary biologist Tom Smulders explain.
In cardiology, sex and gender-sensitive diagnosis and treatment planning are crucial, but biological differences remain the missing link in AI-powered human virtual twin technology.
When people harness the logic of natural selection, they can often find efficient and effective ways to solve complex problems.
Cells called macrophages can devour living cancer cells – and may hold the key for successful treatment.
Visiting galleries might enrich your life, but the evidence that it slows your ageing is less certain than recent headlines suggest.
Eating fiber can prevent a number of health issues, and you might need to eat more than you think.
The future of artificial intelligence might not be as much a story about engineering as a story about evolution.
A fluorescent embryo allows scientists to watch living cells organise themselves in real time, revealing processes previously impossible to observe.
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