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Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’

July 10, 2020
New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a...

Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators

July 9, 2020
A report in the journal Current Biology, offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in what is now South Carolina. The...

Public perception of biomedical science damaged by Covid-19

July 9, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic may have damaged the public’s perception of the ‘unsung heroes’ of the medical community – the biomedical scientists.

How the sparrow changed its tune

July 9, 2020
Most bird species are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried-and-true songs to defend territories and attract females. Now, with the help of citizen scientists, researchers have...

Your dog may be older than you think

July 8, 2020
If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in ‘human years’....

Scientists and policy experts raise COVID-19 and climate crises analogues

July 8, 2020
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action. Likewise, climate and environmental scientists...

Fighting E. coli with E. coli

July 7, 2020
According to findings from a new gut-in-a-dish study published in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may protect the gut from enterohemorrhagic E....

How we encode smell

July 6, 2020
Neuroscientists describe for the first time how relationships between different odours are encoded in the brain. The findings suggest a mechanism that may explain why individuals have common but highly...

Monitoring COVID-19 plasma viscosity

July 3, 2020
A clinical viscosity diagnostic instrument is proving to be valuable in the research and treatment of coronavirus after laboratory scientists have identified its ability to provide meaningful data for medical...

The human brain built by AI: A transatlantic collaboration

July 2, 2020
The new German-Canadian lab, HIBALL, aims to create a microscopic 3D map of functional neuroanatomy at the cellular level with the help of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. The lab...

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