NATURE: Attack of the (Bee) Clones
When hives of the African lowland honeybee (Apis mellifera scutella) collapse, they do so because of an invisible inner threat: the growing, immortal clone army of a rival bee subspecies. … Read more
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SCIENCE: Are There Creativity Genes?
Creativity could be one of the main reasons Homo sapiens survived and dominated over related species such as Neanderthals and chimpanzees, according to a new study. The idea that creativity … Read more
SCIENCE: Is There a Creativity Gene?
Creativity could be one of the main reasons Homo sapiens survived and dominated over related species such as Neanderthals and chimpanzees, according to a new study. The idea that creativity … Read more
SCIENCE: You Have a Sea Monster Inside of You
More than half a billion years ago, headless sea creatures that looked like leaves, teardrops and coils of rope trawled the primeval seas. Although these primordial animals looked nothing like … Read more
Gene Tweak Extends Life 500% (If You’re This Worm)
By tweaking a few key genes in the DNA of a roundworm, scientists have extended the animal’s life span by about 500%. That’s a huge jump in life: An average … Read more
Pig-Monkey Chimeras Created in China
Two piglets recently born in China look like average swine on the outside, but on the inside, they are (a very small) part monkey. A team of researchers generated the … Read more
Was Same Sex Behavior Hardwired Into Animals Since the Beginning?
Evolutionary scientists have been thinking about same-sex sexual behavior all wrong. That’s the implication of a new study on same-sex behavior in animals. Instead of asking why animals engage in … Read more
SCIENCE: It Turns Out Homosexuality is Complicated
No individual gene alone makes a person gay, lesbian or bisexual; instead, thousands of genes likely influence sexual orientation, a massive new study of the genomes of nearly half a … Read more
Will Superhumans Replace Us? Stephen Hawking Thought So
Are we all going to be replaced? Stephen Hawking apparently thought so. In the grand tradition of famous physicists making claims about subjects beyond their scope of expertise, the great … Read more
SCIENCE: Can We Revive an Ice-Age Horse?
A team of scientists in Siberia is hopeful that a mummified 40,000-year-old baby horse can provide critical genetic material for cloning the extinct ice-age species. But experts told Live Science … Read more