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A big increase in monkey research and an overhaul for the metric system
A new report suggests a big increase in the use of monkeys in laboratory experiments in the United States in 2017. Online News Editor David Grimm joi…
7 years, 2 months ago
How the appendix could hold the keys to Parkinson’s disease, and materials scientists mimic nature
For a long time, Parkinson’s disease was thought to be merely a disorder of the nervous system. But in the past decade researchers have started to lo…
7 years, 2 months ago
Children sue the U.S. government over climate change, and how mice inherit their gut microbes
A group of children is suing the U.S. government—claiming their rights to life, liberty, and property are under threat from climate change thanks to …
7 years, 2 months ago
Mutant cells in the esophagus, and protecting farmers from dangerous pesticide exposure
As you age, your cells divide over and over again, leading to minute changes in their genomes. New research reveals that in the lining of the esophag…
7 years, 2 months ago
What we can learn from a cluster of people with an inherited intellectual disability, and questioning how sustainable green lawns are in dry places
A small isolated town in Colombia is home to a large cluster of people with fragile X syndrome—a genetic disorder that leads to intellectual disabili…
7 years, 3 months ago
Odd new particles may be tunneling through the planet, and how the flu operates differently in big and small towns
Hoping to spot subatomic particles called neutrinos smashing into Earth, the balloon-borne Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) detector has…
7 years, 3 months ago
The future of PCB-laden orca whales, and doing genomics work with Indigenous people
Science has often treated Indigenous people as resources for research—especially when it comes to genomics. Now, Indigenous people are exploring how …
7 years, 3 months ago
Metaresearchers take on meta-analyses, and hoary old myths about science
Meta-analyses—structured analyses of many studies on the same topic—were once seen as objective and definitive projects that helped sort out conflict…
7 years, 3 months ago
The youngest sex chromosomes on the block, and how to test a Zika vaccine without Zika cases
Strawberries had both male and female parts, like most plants, until several million years ago. This may seem like a long time ago, but it actually m…
7 years, 4 months ago
Should we prioritize which endangered species to save, and why were chemists baffled by soot for so long?
We are in the middle of what some scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction and not all at-risk species can be saved. That’s causing some cons…
7 years, 4 months ago