First video of ‘Dumbo’ octopod hatchling shows that they look like mini-adults
Researchers who've gotten the first look at a deep-sea "dumbo" octopod hatchling report in Current Biology on February 19 that the young octopods look and act...
Add-on clip turns smartphone into fully operational microscope
Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D printable 'clip-on' that can turn any smartphone into...
Fifteen new genes identified that shape our face
Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium) and the universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Penn State (US) have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features....
Fake news ‘vaccine’: Online game may ‘inoculate’ by simulating propaganda tactics
A new online game puts players in the shoes of an aspiring propagandist to give the public a taste of the techniques and motivations...
Some viruses produce insulin-like hormones that can stimulate human cells — and have potential...
Every cell in your body responds to the hormone insulin, and if that process starts to fail, you get diabetes. In an unexpected finding,...
Astronomers reveal secrets of most distant supernova ever detected
An international team of astronomers, including Professor Bob Nichol from the University of Portsmouth, has confirmed the discovery of the most distant supernova ever...
Plants colonized the Earth 100 million years earlier than previously thought
For the first four billion years of Earth's history, our planet's continents would have been devoid of all life except microbes.
All of this changed...
Asteroid ‘time capsules’ may help explain how life started on Earth
In popular culture, asteroids play the role of apocalyptic threat, get blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs - and offer an extraterrestrial source for...
Study identifies traces of indigenous ‘Taino’ in present-day Caribbean populations
A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called "Taíno", the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European colonisation after...
Humans will actually react pretty well to news of alien life
As humans reach out technologically to see if there are other life forms in the universe, one important question needs to be answered: When...
Newborn babies who suffered stroke regain language function in opposite side of brain
It's not rare that a baby experiences a stroke around the time it is born. Birth is hard on the brain, as is the...
