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Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.
An attosecond is no time at all for a person. Not so for electrons, atoms and molecules. Laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action.
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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.
Our genomes are riddled with DNA from ancient viral infections known as jumping genes. The majority of these are retrotransposons, which copy themselves via RNA intermediates; a smaller portion are cut-and-paste DNA transposons.
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By performing tricks for birds, monkeys and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think about their world.
Some nice news: Amber Dance, investigative science and health writer and special contributor to Knowable Magazine, won First Place for Specialty Articles: Health at the California Press Women’s 2025 Professional Communications Awards. Congrats Amber!
Read the story: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/progress-in-scientists-search-for-new-migraine-therapies
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.