Sleep & Gene Expression
Just one week of sleep deprivation alters the expression of at least 711 different genes.
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Electric Flowers
Low-voltage electricity may help guide bees to the right flowers.
Mental Housekeeping
Cells that eat up defective brain cells may also target healthy cells during development.
Anti-Fog Coating
A new anti-fog coating for windshields and eyeglasses also staves off frost.
Arctic Camels
Camels seem perfectly suited to life in the desert, but they may have evolved those traits in the …
Alcoholic Insects
Fruit flies sometimes marinate their young in alcohol to protect them from parasitic wasps.
Half-Asleep Seals
Fur seals sleep with one half of their brain at a time.
Egyptian Blue
The world's oldest artificial pigment, Egyptian Blue, has previously unknown and potentially useful …
Alcohol Origins
Did our ability to digest alcohol first emerge at the dawn of civilization or millions of years …
Printable Prosthetic Ears
Scientists have reproduced a human ear using a 3-D printer.
Reversing Diabetes
One injection has eliminated the symptoms of Type I diabetes in dogs – for four years and counting.
Ancient Whales
A newly discovered but long-extinct whale species may have eaten sharks.