After scouring 110,000 records, researchers gained insight into mammalian cancer
遺伝子操作したクラゲから、動物の「脳」の進化の謎が見えてくる
さまざまな動物の脳の仕組みを理解するために、遺伝子操作されたクラゲが役立つかもしれない──。そんな研究結果が、このほど発表された。神経インパルスを発するとニューロンが光るように遺伝子操作されたクラゲによって、人間の脳の仕組みとはまったく異なる動物の脳の仕組みについて新たな知見を得られる可能性がある。
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Glue predates anatomically modern humans and other facts
Timeline of the Human Condition via Hacker News
Fully aquatic whale-rats. Praying mantises the size of dogs.
The animals that may exist in a million years, imagined by biologists.
Poaching drove the evolution of tusk-free elephants
Researchers have identified genetic factors that stop tusk development.
How a mass extinction resulted in the rise of the snakes
The Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction saw a snake-splosion of biodiversity.
Capsule of 1765 air reveals ancient histories hidden under Antarctic ice
Polar Zero exhibition in Glasgow features sculpture encasing air extracted from start of Industrial RevolutionAn ampoule of Antarctic air from the year 1765 forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition that reveals the hidden histories contained in polar …
Arachnophobia can eclipse our ability to feel compassion
Why so many of us are casual spider-murderers – “The moment we sense the pitter-patter of their tiny feet across the living room floor, or catch a glimpse of movement in the corner of an eye as they abseil down from the ceiling, they’re likely to end u…
Scientists discover Welsh ‘dragon’ dinosaur – the size of a chicken
Pendraig milnerae was related to T rex and likely to have been apex predator despite its size, say expertsA dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex – but with a body the size of a chicken – that would probably have ruled the roost about 200m ye…
Gibraltar cave chamber discovery could shed light on Neanderthals’ culture
Researchers find space in Gorham’s Cave complex that has been closed off for at least 40,000 yearsResearchers excavating a cave network on the Rock of Gibraltar have discovered a new chamber, sealed off from the world for at least 40,000 years, that co…