From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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- Animals
Open eyes, dozing minds
Scientists find that rats that stay up late are neither fully asleep nor fully awake.
- Science & Society
Scientist profile: Leroy Hood
The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge.
- Fossils
Dangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
- Animals
Secrets of the world’s extreme divers
For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood
- Health & Medicine
Fat weighs heavy on the brain
New study shows obesity interferes with memory, thinking and reasoning.
- Animals
Eating can be skin deep
In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.
- Life
Full-body taste
Turns out that the tongue isn’t the only place where the body can taste what you ate.
- Plants
Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’
It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.
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- Chemistry
Explainer: What are oxidants and antioxidants?
Certain chemicals, including many in foods, fight chemical reactions that could harm cells in the body and in wildlife.
- Animals
Awake at Night
Mutant fruit flies can get by with less sleep than these insects normally need.
