Life
When researchers paired a human scent with the mechanical shock of a swat, female Aedes mosquitoes learned to avoid that individual odour…
Jul 17, 2026
Life Science and Evolution
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Life
A fish believed to have died out with the dinosaurs was pulled up alive in a net, a living fossil that had been quietly surviving in the…
Jul 16, 2026
Life
A three-millimetre jellyfish found in oceans worldwide can reverse its own life cycle when injured or starving, melting back into its…
Jul 15, 2026
Life
A shark that lives in the freezing Arctic can survive for roughly 400 years and does not reach adulthood until around 150
Jul 15, 2026
Life
Humans have roughly 10 times as many sweat glands per square inch as chimpanzees, yet a Duke study found our bodies turn over 30 to 50 per…
Jul 14, 2026
Life
Preface to 'Cracking the Aging Code' by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan
By Josh Mitteldorf · Jun 23, 2016
Life
Review of The Violinist's Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code
By Fred Bortz · Jul 28, 2012