Biology

Will Brooklyn look like this in a century?

One day, the curving bridges and soaring towers Brooklyn might be part-biological and part-technological, swarming with soft, smart vehicles that look more like blood cells than cars. One architecture firm is trying to make it happen. Mitchell Joachim, founder of Terreform ONE, has been one of the biggest advocates for biological architecture for years now,…

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This video of a honeybee swarm reveals why humans can’t form consensus

Every so often, a honeybee queen leaves the hive where she was born to found a new colony. Along with thousands of workers, she has to figure out a good place to live. But how does this huge group decide where to locate their new home? This video reveals their process — and sheds light…

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The Fascinating History of Eugenics

The name deriving from the Greek “eugenes,” meaning “well-born,” it should be no surprise that “eugenics” seeks to engineer a better human race by purposefully selecting good traits, and eliminating bad ones, as is common when breeding animals. Over the years, eugenics has had a number of proponents, from some of the greatest and most…

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A 3D Reconstruction of the World’s Oldest Face

You’re looking at a 3D facial reconstruction of a 410 million year-old armoured fish called Romundina. It’s one of the first creatures on this planet to feature a characteristic many modern animals take for granted — a face. Above: The internal structures of Romundina’s face show a mixture of features of both jawless and jawed…

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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Love and Sex

Regardless of your stance on Valentine’s Day, there’s no way to avoid being bombarded with romantic imagery. So you might as well take this as an opportunity to learn something new. With that in mind, here are ten things you probably didn’t know about sex, love and lust. Illustration from Saga, by Fiona Staples. Who…

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Does Stretching Before Exercise Actually Help?

Everyone tells us to stretch before exercise, but does it actually help improve performance and recovery? Turns out that it depends on the type of sport—and the person. Some sports, like figure skating or snowboarding, benefit from a good limbering up; those that use explosive muscle power, like the bobsleigh, are hindered. Either way, there’s…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Are gut bacteria the reason people who live in cold regions get fat?

Numerous animals, humans included, have adapted to living in cold climates by increasing their body size. And now, researchers have found that people living in colder regions have more obesity-related gut microbes than their warm-region counterparts. Are bacteria the reason why it’s harder to lose weight in the snow? “Bergmann’s rule” states that populations in…

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Humans go through moult and grow new pelts

People who live with pets notice that some animals moult in the spring and fall. Losing feathers or fur is unattractive, but it leads to a beautiful new coat in which to survive the winter or to attract a mate. It turns out humans also moult and grow attractive new coats of hair. Hair grows…

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Why Do We Cry?

Whether you’re happy to admit it or not, from time to time we all cry. But how? Why? And are all tears the same? In fact, no! You might be surprised to find out that there are in fact three different kinds of tears: basal, emotional and onion… no, just kidding, the final one is…

Health Jamie Condliffe

This massive hound is still growing!

Freddy the 18-month old pup is 41 inches, from his paws to his shoulder blades, and still growing. And he was the runt of the litter! Freddy is well on his way to being the world’s largest dog (the world’s biggest dog is 44 inches blades to paws). He may be a giant, but he…

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Puzzle test suggests that crows are among the world’s smartest animals

Crows are among the few animals on Earth that use tools. But they are also among the small number of creatures that use abstract reasoning to figure out how to use new tools. And now scientists have captured a crow on film doing an incredibly complicated tool-use test. This puzzle involves 8 separate stages, and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why Do We Get Nervous?

Fidgety.Increased heart rate. Butterflies in your stomach. There’s no doubt about it: you’re nervous. Buy why? It’s all part of the fight-or-flight response, which uses adrenaline to prime the human body for for stressful situations. In fact. the body reacts to danger on a sliding scale, though, so the stresses of a job interview illicit…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The world’s oldest wild bird has given birth!

Things you may not have known, but probably should know because they’re fantastic, in no-particular-order of fantastic-ness: 1) The world’s oldest known wild bird is a 63-year-old female albatross. 2) Her name is “Wisdom.” 3) Wisdom just gave birth. Above: Wisdom, pictured with her newly hatched chick | Credit: USFWS “As the world’s oldest known…

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The Most Unfortunate Design Flaws in the Human Body

Sometimes evolution is stupid, and the human body is proof. Here are the most problematic physical and behavioral “scars of evolution” we humans have to deal with. The human body is, in many respects, a resounding tribute to the adaptive powers of natural selection. We’ve evolved gloriously large, complex brains capable of abstract thought and…

io9 George Dvorsky

How Blood Works

It’s red, it flows through your veins, the sight of it makes some people feel faint… but how exactly does blood work? This short video crams a lot of science into an incredibly detailed 5 minutes, which careers through everything from EPO doping to the complexities of your immune system, as well as, umm, how…

Health Jamie Condliffe

The most important moment in the evolution of life

There’s a fundamental mystery at the core of our evolution. No, it’s not how we went from fuzzy shrews to humans — it’s how bacteria made the jump from single-celled existence to something more complex. The weird part is that evolutionary jump only happened once. Over at Nautilus, Ed Yong has a terrific essay about…

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The Best Science Visualizations of the Year

From microscopic coral to massive planets, the natural world is full of beauty on a scale that can only be seen with the aid of a microscopic or a telescope. Announced today, the winners of the 11th annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge—sponsored by the journal Science and the U.S. National Science Foundation—zoom into…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

An unknown species of giant jellyfish has washed ashore in Tasmania

Over the past several years, marine biologists in Tasmania have been receiving calls about strange jellyfish sightings. Now, one of these unclassified creatures has finally washed up on shore — and it’s a weird slimy beast, indeed. The 5 foot (1.5 meter) long specimen was discovered by a family collecting shells on a beach in…

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Scientists Feed Peanut Butter to Jellyfish, Make PB and Jellyfish

Researchers at the Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park in Dallas, TX were curious what would happen if they fed their jellyfish a mix of seawater and peanut butter. Why? Well… two reasons, really. Above: A moon jelly on day one of the experiment by Montoya and Christie via NatGeo According to aquarist P. Zelda Montoya…

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This Is What HIV Looks Like When It Infects Living Cells

This monochrome image of living tissue has some extremely unwelcome visitors lurking within it. Taken from some of the first ever 3D images of HIV at work, those little blue circles show the virus infecting the surrounding cells. The electron microscope images show HIV-1 virions in bright blue, embedded in the gut tissue of a…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Will Brooklyn look like this in a century?

This video of a honeybee swarm reveals why humans can’t form consensus

The Fascinating History of Eugenics

A 3D Reconstruction of the World’s Oldest Face

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Love and Sex

Does Stretching Before Exercise Actually Help?

Are gut bacteria the reason people who live in cold regions get fat?

Humans go through moult and grow new pelts

Why Do We Cry?

This massive hound is still growing!

Puzzle test suggests that crows are among the world’s smartest animals

Why Do We Get Nervous?

The world’s oldest wild bird has given birth!

The Most Unfortunate Design Flaws in the Human Body

How Blood Works

The most important moment in the evolution of life

The Best Science Visualizations of the Year

An unknown species of giant jellyfish has washed ashore in Tasmania

Scientists Feed Peanut Butter to Jellyfish, Make PB and Jellyfish

This Is What HIV Looks Like When It Infects Living Cells

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