Science

For the very first time, scientists have actually discovered a giant neuron twisted around the entire area of a mouse’s brain, and it’s so largely linked across both hemispheres, it could lastly discuss the origins of awareness. Utilizing a brand-new imaging strategy, the group found the huge neuron emanating from …

Earth is on the brink of a transformation. Its oceans are still mainly wild, without the obvious human footprint often seen on land, however they’re also increasingly pestered by human-induced risks such as climate change, overfishing and plastic. Yet in spite of our inertia on lots of terrestrial issues like …

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have unearthed a rare collection of Iron Age metal artifacts, including decorated cauldrons, a complete sword, and a 3rd century BC brooch, at the site of Glenfield Park in Leicestershire, England. An aerial shot of the Glenfield Park roundhouse. Image credit: University of Leicester …

A new species of seahorse has been discovered in the northern Pacific Ocean, near Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Coloration of fresh specimens: Hippocampus haema (left), H. coronatus (center), and H. sindonis (right). Image credit: Han et al, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. Seahorses are small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. They …

In a paper published in the journal Science, a team of physicists from Japan and Germany reports the most precise measurement ever made of the magnetic moment of the proton, allowing a fundamental comparison between matter and antimatter. The new result improves by a factor 11 the precision of the …

A team of scientists led by Dr. Masanobu Komatsu of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has identified a signaling pathway that is essential for angiogenesis. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications. Angiogenesis is a process by which new blood vessels are formed from pre-existing ones. Image …

A team of researchers from the Australian National University has solved the mystery of how crested pigeons (Ochyphaps lophotes) create an alarm without using their voice to prompt other birds to flee danger. The findings appear in the journal Current Biology. Murray et al show that crested pigeons (Ochyphaps lophotes) …

A detailed comparative analysis of adult human, chimpanzee, and macaque brains shows that all regions of the human brain have molecular signatures very similar to those of our primate relatives, yet some regions contain distinctly human patterns of gene activity that mark the brain’s evolution and may contribute to our …

A team of synthetic biologists from Columbia University has successfully converted an immune system of the gut bacterium Escherichia coli into a microscopic ‘tape recorder,’ laying the groundwork for a new class of technologies that use bacteria for everything from disease diagnosis to environmental monitoring. The results are published in …

A study published in the journal Nature Communications has shown that a recently reported unexpected polar vortex behavior on Saturn’s hazy moon Titan is due to its exotic atmospheric chemistry. Titan’s south polar vortex stands out against the orange and blue haze layers that are characteristic of the hazy moon’s …