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Artistic swimming dance of algae
With the help of high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University discovered that single-cell algae can coordinate the whips of the two whips, thus masterin…
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People can recreate the limbs themselves
In fantasy films, superheroes hands and feet regrow after they are cut off. Scientists claim that someday ordinary people will have similar capabilities.
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Spiders create effigies to trick enemies
The two scientists discovered that a spider species has the ability to create decorative objects with the same shape and color as their bodies, in order to distract the…
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Viruses can 're-feed' bacteria
A new virus has been found to be able to eat bacteria, potentially becoming a powerful weapon in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Parasites only mate when enough
On the Science page this week, he and his colleagues at the National Institutes of Health reported that they finally found the answer: putting enough Leishmania individu…
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'Death scent' helps ants realize dead bodies
When an ant dies, other members will quickly bury it to prevent the risk of spreading the disease.
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Genes decide 'women's life expectancy'
Scientists have found genes that determine when to start and end a woman's reproductive function.
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Find the culprit causing hirsutism
A woman named Julia Pastrana was famous around the world in the mid-18th century thanks to the beard and hair covering her body.
Biology
Create new breeds of chickens that carry dinosaur genes
A new finding allows the genetic reversal to be done to restore the dinosaur gene that has slept in modern poultry bodies like chickens.
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Extinguish desire to keep your partner
Male fruit flies often secretly release protein into the partner's body, making females no longer want to mate with other guys.
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Tiny 'executioners' in the human body
Millions of special cells regularly patrol your body to kill cancer cells, viruses and harmful microorganisms.
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Art of seduction of leukemia
Leukocytes emit an extremely attractive chemical to attract stem cells to make blood to their lair. After entering the lair of white blood cells, stem cells will quickly…
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Bacteria kill male bees by invading the mother's body
Many groups of bacteria are known as 'male killers' - they only kill male elements in the host species.
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Secrets of jumping champion in nature
The dance is the champion of dance in the insect world. They can turn up to 100 times higher than body length.
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Modern Doping
Finnish athlete Eero Mäntyranta won all this medal at another Olympics from 1960 to 1972. Scientists only found a secret trace of success 20 years later.