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Unsuccessful attempts to reproduce the results of a 2015 study reporting that C. elegans orient themselves by Earth’s magnetic field spark debate among researchers.

Immune cells targeting maternal antigens are abundant in the blood of premature infants, suggesting fetal intolerance of mom may instigate early labor.  

Contrary to some hypotheses, the organelles did not descend from any known lineage of Alphaproteobacteria, researchers find.

Directly activating a heat sensor also sensitive to capsaicin in chili peppers in the hypothalamus had the same effect as exercise.

Rather than getting a gene for its original function, a horizontal gene transfer provides the raw material for evolutionary innovation.

Drug-free environments, such as a designated ward in a hospital, might reduce the strength of selection for resistance.

Sex-deprived males seek out alcohol.

The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving.  

Sara Brenner discusses why she took a break from academia to join the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, and what she hopes to accomplish there.

An investigation of 2.7 million patent submissions in the U.S. finds gender disparities throughout the application process.

Crowds of zooplankton swimming upward generate large downward jets of water, a study finds.

Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.