Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn
At one point or another, you may have gone online looking for a specific bit of information and found yourself "going down the...
Invisible anatomy in the fruit fly uterus
You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither have most scientists,...
Skeletal muscle health amid growing use of weight loss medications
A recent commentary published in The Lancet journal highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of medically induced weight...
Older adults should get 2 doses of the updated COVID shot, CDC says
Adults 65 and older and people with weakened immune systems should get two doses of the newly updated COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for...
AI models fall for the same scams that we do
Scams can fool...
Cancer risk linked to p53 in ulcerative colitis
Researchers in the lab of Michael Sigal at the Max Delbrück Center and Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have elucidated the role of the...
Move along, moose: Study reveals the ‘most Canadian’ animals
What is the "most Canadian" animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose.
Published today in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist, the study...
How mammals got their stride
Mammals, including humans, stand out with their distinctively upright posture, a key trait that fueled their spectacular evolutionary success. Yet, the earliest known...
Predatory birds from the Jurassic may have driven cicada evolution for millions of years
The rapid evolution of cicadas' flight ability may have been spurred by the emergence of predatory birds, new research suggests.These insects' bodies and...
Polar bears are getting horrific injuries and huge ‘ice balls’ on their paws because...
Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic, a new study reports.In the most...