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Isabella Rossellini explores nature’s kinky side in a one-woman show.

Swedish scientists have discovered why two antioxidants accelerate tumor growth in mice, helping to explain the results of disappointing human trials.

An external stressor, such as low pH or a mechanical squeeze, can send differentiated mouse cells back to a pluripotent state.

Internationalization is needed to strengthen science in Slovakia.

Male mice lacking seminal vesicles father fewer offspring, and their sons suffer from abnormal metabolism into adulthood.

Filter-feeders emerge as potential defenders against a deadly amphibian disease.

Researchers show that vitamin A deficiency can help protect mice against parasitic worm infections.

An analysis of the transcriptomes of several fruit fly strains reveals dozens of possible de novo genes in each.

A dog tumor that became a free-living parasite picked up myriad mutations, but has since stabilized.

Ancient DNA analysis suggests that calcium and vitamin D deficiencies were not the only reasons that may have driven Neolithic Iberian people to drink milk.

Researchers build a device that harvests and stores energy from the mechanical movements of a beating heart.

A mistimed sleep cycle drastically reduces the number of genes that are expressed in a 24-hour rhythm.