A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
Elaine Mardis can make DNA sequencers sing, generating genome data that shed light on evolution and disease.
Not all inflammation leads to pain. Despite widespread infection followed by fever, colds rarely cause pain. But when some cytokines and certain immune cells are active near pain-sensing nerves, they trigger receptors that convey pain sensations to t
In its brief, 4-year history, The Scientist’s annual Top 10 Innovations contest has become a showcase of the coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year. This year’s installment is no exception.
How Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock nearly gave up genetics for meteorology
Scientists have found a way to reactivate a gene in mice that is silenced in a neurodevelopmental disorder called Angelman syndrome.
The collective intelligence of thousands of video game players is helping researchers understand the regulation of more than 500 different disease genes.
Certain neuroscience techniques are not robust enough to be used as evidence in a trial, a new report says.
For honeybees, there’s no place like home. And every year, they must find a new one. Now, a study publishing today (December 8) in Science suggests that the honeybee swarms use inhibitory signals when house-hunting, paralleling the human brain’s deci