Biology
No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles
If a male bug of the Japanese beetle family cannot detect pheromone sex hormone produced by the female, it will not be able to determine the location of the female as we…
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Biology
The brains of males and females are not much different
Although males and females sometimes act as if they came from two different planets, new research done on fruit flies shows that both males and females possess the right…
Biology
The ability to repair genes can compensate for sex
Birds and bees all have sexual intercourse between males and females, but tiny creatures of the bdelloid rotifer class seem to be completely satisfied with their sexless…
Biology
Can mushrooms tell us the evolution of two sexes?
Mushrooms do not clearly divide males but they have sex differences. A new finding by Duke University Medical Center has revealed some of the earliest forms of fungi tha…
Biology
Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies
Researcher David Featherstone, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, led the team who discovered that sexual orientation in fruit flies is controlled by an unknown n…
Biology
Genes play an important role in making a difference in male and female behavior
Yale University scientists have demonstrated that, not only are sex hormones characterized by the ability to make a difference in behavior between males and females, but…
Biology
Animals fast sex ... 40 million years
A group of Earth's tiny inhabitants survived without caring about it
Biology
Do plants have sex?
When people break a flower that radiates a fragrant aroma from a tree, they are actually taking away the reproductive part of the plant. Part
Biology
Sex makes the tick 100 times bigger
Why that tiny tick can grow so big after sex is still a mystery. Did they reward themselves with a sumptuous meal after completing the same mission?
Biology
The origin of sex.
Scientists say a variety of different proteins discovered for the first time in sperm can reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility.
Biology
Sex of the brain
Neuroscientists show the anatomical, chemical and functional differences of the brain between men and women. These changes occur throughout the brain, in regions related…
Biology
Reproduction does not need sex
Since the world's first baby was born from a test tube in 1978 in the UK, legal and religious regulations in Western countries have minimized new research in the field o…
Biology
Identify gender to produce high yielding dairy cows
Experts from the Institute of Biotechnology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) have just completed the technology of sex determination for embryos to produce hi…
Biology
Turn stem cells into eggs
Scientists have tricked male fish cells - which are programmed to become sperm - to convert sex into eggs. This technique could one day be used to quickly create animals…
Animal world
Why do pandas like to sing when they do it?
Scientists from China and the United States have published interesting findings from a study of rabbits' rituals today and the results are extraordinary and very romanti…