A new study predicts massive range declines of Africa’s great apes gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos due to the impacts of climate change, land-use changes and… Read More »African apes to suffer massive range loss in next 30 years
In a discovery that challenges long-held dogma in biology, researchers show that mammalian cells can convert RNA sequences back into DNA, a feat more common… Read More »New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a ‘stop-start’ pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could explain why crocodiles have… Read More »Crocodiles changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
Using artificial intelligence to find new uses for existing medications Scientists have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine… Read More »Using artificial intelligence to find new uses for existing medications
More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are… Read More »COVID-19 virus enters the brain, studies reveal
The modern rise of gene drive organisms research, accelerated by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, has led to transformational waves rippling across science. Gene drive organisms… Read More »Scientists set a path for field trials of gene drive organisms
Young children who have experienced compassionate love and empathy from their mothers may be more willing to turn thoughts into action by being generous to… Read More »Question of the day: Is it better to give than receive?
A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in… Read More »Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain
With only 1% difference, the human and chimpanzee protein-coding genomes are remarkably similar. Understanding the biological features that make us human is part of a… Read More »The regions in our brain that make us human
Have you recently wondered how social-distancing and self-isolation may be affecting your brain? An international research team led by Erin Schuman from the Max Planck… Read More »What social distancing does to a fish brain
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