Parthenogenesis Discovered in California Condors “two of the California condor females produced young without a male partner, a phenomenon called parthenogenesis.
The asexually produced offspring were especially surprising to scientists because both…
Taking the Shame Out of Female Anatomy (SLNYT) Allison Draper loved anatomy class. As a first-year medical student at the University of Miami, she found the language clear, precise, functional…. Then one day she looked up the pudendal nerve, which…
A Very Old Search Engine “The end of the 19th century was awash with the written word…” Paul Otlet had a passion for information…. This was their plan: the grandly named Universal Bibliographic Repertory.
Bruce Is a Parrot With a Broken Beak. So He Invented a Tool (SLNYT). The bird is a kea from New Zealand, and his fabrication of an instrument to help him preen his feathers appears to be unique, researchers say.
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Floating origami Floating Micro-Origami that Magically Unfolds in Water
Scientist Tickle Rats for Science (SLNYT). “It’s generally not a good time to be a rodent in Australia. On farms across the country, mice are being poisoned and chased out of fields by desperate farmers as the country suffers one of the worst mouse pla…
