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Image of the Day: Wildebeest Fitness Tracker
Image of the Day: Wildebeest Fitness Tracker
Data gathered from GPS-equipped collars show the animals walk long distances over days without stopping for a drink.
Image of the Day: Wildebeest Fitness Tracker
Image of the Day: Wildebeest Fitness Tracker

Data gathered from GPS-equipped collars show the animals walk long distances over days without stopping for a drink.

Data gathered from GPS-equipped collars show the animals walk long distances over days without stopping for a drink.

behavior, cell & molecular biology

Image of the Day: Clubbing
Kerry Grens | Oct 19, 2018 | 1 min read
Mantis shrimps’ remarkably swift kicks come from springs built into their dactyl clubs.
Cortical Interneurons Show Layer-Specific Activities
Ruth Williams | Mar 2, 2017 | 3 min read
Researchers examine the firing patterns of interneurons throughout all layers of the somatosensory cortices of alert mice.
 
Circadian-Controlled Thirst
Ruth Williams | Sep 28, 2016 | 3 min read
Scientists determine how the brain’s central clock regulates drinking prior to sleep in rodents.
Exercise Can Erase Memories
Ruth Williams | May 8, 2014 | 3 min read
Running causes rodents to forget their fears in part because of increased hippocampal neurogenesis, a study shows.
Lobster-Pot Science
Richard P. Grant | Jun 13, 2011 | 1 min read
Microbiologist Marvin Whiteley chats about teaming up with chemist and bioengineer Jason Shear in order to build tiny houses for bacteria.
Micro Farmers
Cristina Luiggi | May 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Columbia University evolutionary ecologist Dustin Rubenstein explains just why it's so interesting and important to find slime molds that engage in a form of agriculture.
Environmental Impact
David Berreby | Mar 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
Research in behavioral epigenetics is seeking evidence that links experience to biochemistry to gene expression and back out again.
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