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Creating multicellular life in vitro
Biology

Creating multicellular life in vitro

For a long time, biologists have been trying to understand the origin of complex life forms from single-celled microorganisms that evolved into reproductive forms of mul…

December 17, 2018
Find the deepest animal
Biology

Find the deepest animal

The multicellular organism Halicephalobus mephisto lives at a depth of more than 3.5 km (deeper than any other known creature) found in the Witwatersrand basin, near Joh…

December 17, 2018
Create mice that smell light
Biology

Create mice that smell light

Among the characteristics of living things and humans, feeling the world around you with the sense of smell is still the most mysterious thing.

December 17, 2018
Maintain a race without mating
Biology

Maintain a race without mating

Finally scientists also solved the question, how can a small organism flourish during the past 50 million years without mating?

December 17, 2018
Parasites promote 'sex pleasure'
Biology

Parasites promote 'sex pleasure'

An article published in American Naturalist magazine found that sex evolved in the 'protection' of parasites.

December 17, 2018
Mosses can make healing proteins
Biology

Mosses can make healing proteins

ETH Zurich researchers show that mosses and humans have unexpected general characteristics. These evolutionary relics can be useful in making therapeutic proteins.

December 17, 2018