Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth.
Category: 5. Biology
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New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago
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How a protein pair ensures that faulty mRNA is destroyed
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of the most important processes in our cells to ensure that no faulty or incomplete proteins are produced. Scientists have now identified a central mechanism behind this control system.
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Heat-tolerant corals may help some reefs persist, but most still erode
A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.
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A Simple Vitamin B3 Treatment Could Relieve a Rare Disease
Our bodies perform many critical metabolic reactions, using a wide range of enzymes and other molecules. When there is a problem with one of these metabolism-related molecules because of a genetic defect, a…
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Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs
A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas’s headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands.
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Death Cap Mushrooms – Investigating an Invasive Species in the US
The California Department of Public Health has warned people against foraging for mushrooms this year due to an “unprecedented outbreak of severe illness and deaths,” because people are unwittingly…
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Death Cap Mushrooms – Investigating an Invasive Species in the US
The California Department of Public Health has warned people against foraging for mushrooms this year due to an “unprecedented outbreak of severe illness and deaths,” because people are unwittingly…
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Scientists Discover DNA “Flips” That Supercharge Evolution
In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises. Researchers have identified segments of “flipped” DNA that may allow fish to…
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Twenty-nine years of warming linked to soil fungi shift in Colorado plots
Long-term ecosystem warming changes not only plants but the fungi in the soil below, according to a new study including researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “Hidden mycorrhizal fungi below ground are much more vulnerable to…
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Contraceptive vaccine reduces fertility in animals to address wildlife overpopulation
A Purdue University contraceptive vaccine seeks to address animal overpopulation by markedly reducing fertility in feral horses, deer, swine and other animals. Dr. Harm HogenEsch, distinguished professor of immunopathology in Purdue University’s…
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