Science Update

Salt & Sour Taste Receptors

July 21, 2017

Identifying receptors for salty and sour tastes could have a positive impact on health.

July 20, 2017

Microbes living in our gut may influence how long we live.

July 19, 2017

Scientists build a rescue “ark” to protect endangered frogs.

July 18, 2017

Photosynthetic bacteria may keep heart tissue oxygenated after a heart attack.

July 17, 2017

Ravens, like some great apes, plan ahead.

July 14, 2017

Paleontologists have discovered a tiny mammal from the age of the dinosaurs that sported tusks.

July 12, 2017

Scientists may learn how to deal with fungal disease by fighting a frog pandemic.

July 11, 2017

Blind people who can echolocate use their brain’s visual center to do so.

July 10, 2017

Scorpion and spider genes boost a fungi’s mosquito-killing ability.

July 7, 2017

New evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are hurting bees.