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Nov 2, 20225 min read
The secret life of Nemo: new study finds clownfish keep peace on reef using ultraviolet flags
Research reveals clownfish use ultraviolet stripes to signal lower social rank and stay out of harm's way with dominant anemone-mates....
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Aug 29, 20225 min read
Did you know... snakes may once have had legs?
As descendants of four-legged terrestrial ancestors, snakes inherited the same body plan as, for example, crocodiles, birds, and humans -...
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Jun 7, 20222 min read
What makes us smarter than other animals?
New research comparing information processing in the brains of humans and non-human primates may explain why there's no chimpanzee...
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Jun 6, 202211 min read
The Science behind Africa's ticking time-bomb lakes
Four months after the reactor explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, disaster struck again some 7000 km south-west of the...
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May 9, 20225 min read
Gene editing study shows path towards future treatments of blindness
A novel gene editing technique has been successfully implemented to preserve retinal cells and recover visual function in mice suffering...
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Jan 11, 20227 min read
From blind amoeba to Nemo: the evolution of fish (and vertebrate) vision
The first ever 'eyes' where nothing more than single, light-sensitive cells. How could organs as complex as our eyes possibly have...
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