People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
Elwood Jensen, whose research inspired new treatments for breast cancer, has passed away at age 92.
Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
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