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Let’s talk about sex, maybe

March 29, 2023
Insight
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisits his theory, first published a decade ago in Laboratory News, that the clue to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Forensics, Paleobiology, Physics, Zoology
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Tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia

June 3, 2022
News
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia. Now, scientists have linked fossil teeth and a...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biology, Developmental Biology, Paleobiology
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Which three extinct animals would you invite to dinner?

May 24, 2022
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Considering de-extinction, iterative evolution, re-evolution and the Elvis taxon, Russ Swan muses on the potential of inviting an elemoth for an evening meal before opening a historic portal to his...
Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Life Sciences, Paleobiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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Saving the vaquita porpoise from extinction

May 5, 2022
News
Only ten vaquita porpoises survive, but the species may not be doomed, scientists say. If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered marine mammal is well poised to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Paleobiology, Zoology
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Fossil research uncovers a new species of giant Triassic crocodile

February 23, 2022
News
An examination of the fossil record by Birmingham researchers has uncovered a new species of giant Triassic crocodile named Mambawakale ruhuhu. Excavated in Tanzania nearly 60 years ago, the fossils...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Paleobiology
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Prize winning studies of life’s earliest history

January 31, 2022
News
Andrew Knoll has depicted the first three billion years of life on Earth using his studies of microfossils and innovative methods to illuminate their biochemical evolution. In recognition of his...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Paleobiology
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Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring

January 10, 2022
News
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two research teams have independently demonstrated that airborne eDNA can be used to monitor a range of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Soil Science, Zoology
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Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
News
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have influenced the field of palaeontology and significantly skewed accessible fossil records. The first step towards conducting...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Paleobiology, Policy, Zoology
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Accelerating R&D innovation in 2022 and beyond

January 3, 2022
Insight
Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business habits is unnecessary, data experts Jim Reilly and Rik Van Mol predict how the life science...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Paleobiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Nibbling prehistoric herbivore sheds new light on Triassic diversity

December 3, 2021
News
A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been revealed to have entirely different approach to feeding from previously thought, according to research at the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Paleobiology
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