The Secret Role Histones Played in Complex Cell Evolution
New work shows that the proteins, long treated as boring spools for DNA, are key to the origin story for eukaryotes and still play important roles in disease. ..
New work shows that the proteins, long treated as boring spools for DNA, are key to the origin story for eukaryotes and still play important roles in disease. ..
A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people. ..
To test bats’ sense of the speed of sound, researchers put them in an atmosphere that alters it. No word on whether the helium made the bats sound funny. ..
Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it. ..
For male tanager birds, carotenoid feather pigments just aren't flashy enough. They have another way to make their colors really pop. ..
Some groups of neurons process sensory data and memories at the same time. New work shows how the brain pivots those representations to prevent interference. ..
Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout ..
NASA tracks the microbes that live on the space station, and sometimes it discovers new ones. Those hardy bugs may offer clues about surviving long missions. ..
Embryonic cells can self-assemble into new forms that don’t resemble the bodies they usually generate, challenging old ideas of what defines an organism. ..
Moss balls sold for aquariums can hide Zebra mussels, invasive mollusks that quickly overtake waterways. The US government would like you to kill them, ..