From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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- Health & Medicine
Blood does a body good
Studies of the superfluid aid in the prevention and treatment of diseases.
- Animals
Dolphin dimples detect electricity
Depressions in a dolphin’s snout sense electric fields, may help find dinner.
- Health & Medicine
Gut Instinct
New mouse study reveals a connection between intestinal bacteria and behavior.
- Animals
Deep-down worm is far out
New worm discovered almost a mile underground could hint at life on other planets.
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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.
