From 500-million-year-old fat to a newly discovered virus, here are some stunners from The Scientist in 2018.

Genetic material from bones could be used to locate living descendants for the remains’ repatriation, researchers showed.

The insects have already transformed parts of Signy Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and could drastically change Antarctic ecosystems if introduced by humans.

The budget slashes research funding by $328.5 million AUD for the next four years.

A hormone treatment contaminated with amyloid-β given to mice caused the protein’s accumulation in their brains, suggesting the same could have occurred in humans given the therapy.

The UC system is pushing to change the subscription model and accelerate open access, but if there’s no contract agreement by December 31, faculty and students lose access altogether.

They hope to develop the “exercise hormone” into therapeutics that harness the benefits of exercise for people unable to do so.

Researchers find that stem cells in the human intestine may provide up to 10 percent of circulating blood cells.

Scientists estimate that subterranean organisms constitute a massive amount of carbon, 245 to 385 times greater than that contained in all humans.

Progenitor cells in the pancreas of humans get developmental cues from proteins in their environment.

The weather outside is frightful, but these sciency gifts are delightful.

When researchers removed the reproductive organ, female rats had more difficulty solving a water maze.