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October 25, 2025

DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

Microbial DNA suggests troops suffered from paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, among other diseases. ...

October 25, 2025

Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing

A handful of bat species hunt birds, and new sensor data tells us how. ...

October 24, 2025

DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies

If we ID the DNA for a great antibody, anyone can now make it. ...

October 24, 2025

Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit

Fossil beds in New Mexico show diverse species present in the late Cretaceous. ...

October 02, 2025

World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91

Goodall's immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human. ...

September 28, 2025

150 million-year-old pterosaur cold case has finally been solved

The storm literally snapped the bones in their wings. ...

September 28, 2025

Fiji’s ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse

A new genetic technique lets museum samples track population dynamics. ...

September 26, 2025

Scientists want to treat complex bone fractures with a bone-healing gun

It's a bit like a handheld 3D printer, with all the accuracy challenges that implies. ...

September 20, 2025

Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day

It's the latest evidence in support of Robert Dudley's controversial "drunk monkey" hypothesis. ...

September 19, 2025

Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a...

September 18, 2025

You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish

Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca. ...

September 12, 2025

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways. ...

Biology Articles

DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing

DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies

Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit

World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91

150 million-year-old pterosaur cold case has finally been solved

Fiji’s ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse

Scientists want to treat complex bone fractures with a bone-healing gun

Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day

Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂