biology
Why we're smarter than chickens
Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet, scientists report.
Comet impacts may have cooked up a 'soup of life'
Posted in Science on 20th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
New results show how collisions between comets and planets can make molecules that are the essential building blocks of life.
Most complete functioning human-brain model to date, according to researchers
Posted in Medicine on 20th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
The brain organoid, engineered from adult human skin cells, is the most complete human brain model yet developed.
Scientists find mass extinctions can accelerate evolution
Posted in Featured, Software on 14th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
The research supports the idea that mass extinctions actually speed up evolution by unleashing new creativity in adaptations.
New software provides an animal-eye view of our colorful world
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have developed a piece of free software that lets you see the colors in photos the way that various animals would see them.