A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
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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
For the first time, researchers culture a bacteria that uses a magnetic sulfide compound to navigate.
The collective intelligence of thousands of video game players is helping researchers understand the regulation of more than 500 different disease genes.
Scientists near the Fukushima plant are equipping wild monkeys with radiation collars to get better sense of their exposure in the wild.
Researchers explain the luminous quality of yellow buttercups.
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