ScienceA protein found in sweat may protect people from Lyme diseaseThe protein stopped Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that is transmitted by ticks, from growing in dishes or infecting mice.Erin Garcia de JesusApril 9, 2024
ScienceBird flu has infected a person after spreading to cows. Here’s what to knowH5N1 has wreaked havoc on birds around the globe and occasionally made the jump to mammals, including cows. The risk to people remains low.Erin Garcia de JesusApril 3, 2024
ScienceSee 3-D models of animal anatomy from openVertebrate’s public collectionOver six years, researchers took CT scans of over 13,000 vertebrates to make museum collections more easily accessible to researchers and the public.Erin Garcia de JesusMarch 6, 2024
ScienceA genetic parasite may explain why humans and other apes lack tailsAround 25 million years ago, a stretch of DNA inserted itself into an ancestral ape’s genome, an event that might have taken our tails away.Erin Garcia de JesusFebruary 28, 2024
ScienceThe Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrateBrazilian flea toads are neither a flea nor a toad, but they are almost flea-sized. The frogs are small enough to fit on a pinkie fingernail.Erin Garcia de JesusFebruary 27, 2024