From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

  1. Health & Medicine

    Gut Instinct

    New mouse study reveals a connection between intestinal bacteria and behavior.

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  2. Animals

    Deep-down worm is far out

    New worm discovered almost a mile underground could hint at life on other planets.

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  3. Animals

    Silky spider footprints

    Tarantulas use foot-spun silk to hold tight in slippery situations.

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  4. Animals

    Open eyes, dozing minds

    Scientists find that rats that stay up late are neither fully asleep nor fully awake.

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  5. Science & Society

    Scientist profile: Leroy Hood

    The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge.

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  6. Fossils

    Dangerous dinos in the dark

    Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.

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  7. Animals

    Secrets of the world’s extreme divers

    For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Fat weighs heavy on the brain

    New study shows obesity interferes with memory, thinking and reasoning.

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  9. Animals

    Eating can be skin deep

    In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.

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  10. Life

    Full-body taste

    Turns out that the tongue isn’t the only place where the body can taste what you ate.

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  11. Plants

    Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’

    It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Scientists help amputees by getting on their nerves

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