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Lizard tail preserved in amber sheds light on a 100-million-year-old defense mechanism
A lizard making a dramatic escape, leaving its tail wriggling behind as it darts to safety, is an image familiar to many. Tail-shedding is one of the most wides...
Solving an ancient cold case: Roman was brutally murdered
This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Driessen explain. Few skeletons from the la...
Japan's largest marine DNA study detects 126 fish species farther north than previously recorded
As climate change reshapes habitats both on land and at sea, you might go to the beach one day, only to find yourself in a place that looks nothing like you rem...
Armored amphibian lived entirely at sea 237 million years ago, fossils suggest
Scientists report fossil evidence of the first fully marine amphibian in a study from the University of California, Davis; Peking University; and the Geological...
Physicists reveal new paradigm for fiber growth in neurodegenerative diseases
Some proteins that are linked to neurodegenerative diseases can form both liquid droplets and amyloid fibers. But how are these two states connected, and where...
Mapping the hidden global labor powering AI
Most people know by now that artificial intelligence powers much of the online world, sifting through social media posts, planning driving routes or helping to...
Sediment core reveals volcanic eruption preceded ancient cold spell by about 150 years
A new study led by an international research team including scientists at the University of South Carolina challenges the idea that the ancient Laacher See volc...
Stellar collisions may have been common when the universe was young
In our solar system's corner of the galaxy, stars rarely collide. It makes sense: Space is vast, and stars have room to roam. Even in most of the present-day un...
Protein fibers, a hallmark of Alzheimer's, spotted making genetic deliveries to sperm cells
Unexpectedly, a kind of protein that is usually linked with diseases in the brain may play a vital role in semen, helping shepherd genetic material into sperm c...
Plants may switch between reproductive strategies more easily than thought
When it comes to reproduction, plants have options. Some can fertilize themselves, while others rely on pollen from genetically different plants. Many populatio...
Brain stimulation temporarily changes perception of sexualized images of women
Applying mild electrical stimulation to the brain temporarily removed a perceptual bias linked to the sexual objectification of women, in the first study of its...
RNA archiving method reveals what a cell did days ago
Information on what a cell did a few hours or days ago is generally unavailable to researchers, who can only measure the cell's current status. This is a proble...