Browse our Science Digests

Page 92 of 279

  1. What happens to the plants left behind?

    The loss of one species of plant from an area may accelerate the loss of other species by changing the local environment.

  2. As the worm turns

    Combining studies in worms with the analysis of a large human genetic dataset reveals a gene that influences muscle health during ageing.

  3. Does male dimorphism matter?

    A new analysis examines whether masculine traits impact reproductive success and number of sexual partners in men.

  4. Germ cells in a dish

    Researchers have developed a new method to grow human primordial germ cells from stem cells in a laboratory dish.

  5. Common grounds

    Research in sea anemones suggests that the micro ribonucleic acids machinery may have evolved earlier than previously thought, before the ancestors of plants and animals separated from each other.

  6. Experimenting with evolution

    A screen of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis reveals that it makes hundreds of useless, tiny proteins.

  7. Sex, muscles and metabolism

    The effects of proteins secreted by skeletal muscles to communicate with metabolic tissues like the liver or pancreas depend on genetic sex in humans.

  8. Why do bacterial pathogens respire?

    A bacterial pathogen needs to oxidize a critical cofactor to be able to infect mammalian cells.
Newer digests Older digests