Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health?
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Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health?
Biomedical researchers would benefit from emulating the logically rigorous reasoning of the late Alan Turing, British mathematician, computer scientist, and master cryptographer.
Remote sensing helps control an invasive giant weed that threatens ecosystems and border security.
John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka win this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for learning how to reboot cellular development.
Music videos could be helpful tools for science communication and education, but anti- and pseudoscience activists are also using this medium to spread their views.
A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Researchers show that nanowire-based biosensors can collect and detect proteins in one chip.
Security concerns during the Cold War may have led to the generation of misinformation on the physiological effects of microwave radiation from mobile phones.