Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
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Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
Researchers can identify individuals by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used for metabolomic tests.
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Researchers identify a protein involved in the chromosomal disorder that could explain its characteristic learning deficits.
Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.
A presidential bioethics commission lays out the framework for testing the anthrax vaccine in children.
Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research
Native Australian frog tadpoles outcompete the tadpoles of the invasive cane toad, suggesting the native frogs could form part of a suburban control program.
The small organ evolved too many times for it to be an accident, but it’s still unclear what it does.