Infants are being exposed to PFAS chemicals in breast milk

A new study finds that currently used PFAS — thought to be less dangerous than "legacy" versions — are becoming increasingly common in our bodies

Iflah Shahid, University of Waterloo

October 14, 2021

Feeding extra amino acids to cells with a mutated enzyme makes them grow faster

Christina Del Greco, University of Michigan

October 14, 2021

White pine blister rust's habitat range is changing with the climate

Ornob Alam, New York University

October 13, 2021

Students can learn with their mouths as well as with their eyes and hands

Alyssa Paparella, Baylor College of Medicine

October 12, 2021

These uses of poop for protection are stranger than fiction

Simon Spichak, Neuroscience

October 12, 2021

Distance and our eyes distort the true colors of stars

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

October 11, 2021

We should look at healthcare through the lens of love

October 10, 2021

Zebrafish without "love hormone" neurons show no desire to socialize with each other

Kareem Clark, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

October 8, 2021

AI and machine learning could halve preventable errors in medicine

October 7, 2021

Wild Goffin's cockatoos can use tools, too

Scientists have observed captive cockatoos making tools before, but this is the first documented instance of tool use in wild cockatoos

Fernanda Ruiz Fadel, Advanced Identification Methods GmbH

October 7, 2021

Giant clams are growing faster than ever. That's not a good thing

Sarah Heidmann, University of the Virgin Islands

October 6, 2021

Skeletons' broken clavicles tell a centuries-old tale of humans and horses

Katie East, SNA International

October 5, 2021

Researchers observe a boar releasing two caged younglings in a impassioned rescue

Simon Spichak, Neuroscience

October 4, 2021

Meet the warty comb jelly, the only animal with a disappearing anus

Anna Rogers, UC Berkeley

September 29, 2021

That stinky armpit smell? It's not you, it's your microbiome

Madeline Barron, University of Michigan

September 28, 2021

New device blends secrets of beetles and cacti to pull water from fog

Kristopher Benke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

September 23, 2021

A glowing butt might help some pitvipers attract their dinner

Deanna MacNeil, Cell Biology

September 21, 2021

Mice don’t get Alzheimer’s, so why test Alzheimer's drugs on them?

Peter Weinberg, Biology

September 17, 2021

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