When the top spotty fish in a tank disappears, the runner-up turns aggressive within minutes, rushing and nipping rivals while its body quietly begins a weeks-long switch from female to male. Otago scientists linked this lightning-fast coup to a…
Category: 5. Biology
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Instant Sex Swap: How a Female Fish Becomes a Male Boss in Minutes
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Sea Spider Shock: Missing Gene, Vanishing Body, Evolution’s Strangest Plot Twist
In a scientific first, researchers have mapped the sea spider’s entire genome in high resolution, uncovering a fascinating link between its unusual body and a missing gene. Unlike its arachnid cousins, the sea spider has no real abdomen and…
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Tiny Crops, Big Goals: Overcoming the Limits of Space Farming
How can food crops be adapted to living on the Moon? This is what a recent study presented at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Antwerp, Belgium hopes to address as a team of…
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Exercise improves cancer outcomes by shaping the gut microbiome
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh shows for the first time how exercise improves cancer outcomes and enhances response to immunotherapy in mice by reshaping the gut microbiome.
The research, published in the journal…
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Single-cell sequencing maps immune changes in chronic myeloid leukemia
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a hematopoietic malignancy characterized by BCR-ABL1 gene fusion. The immune microenvironment, implicated in relapse and drug resistance, poses significant challenges towards CML treatment….
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Satellite Data Sheds Light on Plant Water-Use Behavior
How do plants adapt to water stress as climate change continues to increase across the globe? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers…
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Innovative genome editing approach could be the key to lifelong effective weight management
Weight-loss drugs have surged in popularity, promising rapid results with regular injections. Now, researchers from Japan report a way for the body to make its own weight-loss drugs, doing away with injections in favor of a one-time…
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New pseudoscorpions with dragon-like jaws discovered in a South Korea cave
Pseudoscorpions may lack the pointy, poisonous tail of their more famous…
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As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder
H5N1 bird flu isn’t going away. In fact, the virus continues to spin off new versions that outcompete their predecessors, posing a challenge for keeping it from jumping into people, poultry and other animals.
“These viruses are…
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New study identifies four distinct autism subtypes with unique genetic signatures
Autism is classified as a ‘spectrum’ for a reason: Each case is different. Scientists have struggled to parse through the many ways autism can manifest, much less to link these varying observable traits (called phenotypes) to…
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