How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/how-do-we-sense-the-need-to-urinate

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The cancers indicated here show underlying similarities between dogs and people. Some, such as blood, lung, breast and bladder cancers, may have shared environmental risk factors.

Canine and human cancers bear many similarities — and studies in companion dogs are helping to develop treatments for both species.

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Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2024/how-animals-exploit-and-negotiate-physics

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An attosecond is no time at all for a person. Not so for electrons, atoms and molecules. Laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.

https://thewire.in/science/watching-the-world-one-quintillionth-of-a-second-at-a-time

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An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since 2023. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/scientists-combat-honeybee-threat-yellow-legged-hornet-spread-us

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