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Scientists Challenge a Long-Held Belief About Why Human Childbirth Is So Difficult
54+ min ago (702+ words) For decades, human childbirth has been treated as one of evolution's great compromises. Our species walks upright, yet also gives birth to babies with unusually large brains, creating a famously tight squeeze during delivery. This idea has shaped everything from…...
Indian River Lagoon seagrass rebounds in 2025 monitoring data
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (787+ words) Newly released seagrass monitoring data from 2025 shows a major increase in seagrass coverage across the Indian River Lagoon, offering one of the strongest signs yet that portions of the troubled estuary are recovering after years of environmental decline. The latest…...
New species of ancient Arctic mammals discovered in Alaska
33+ min ago (803+ words) The shape of the tooth suggests that Camurodon borealis was likely a herbivore. (Shelley et al. via SWNS) Three newly discovered species reveal how ancient mammals survived extreme weather conditions in the Arctic millions of years ago. While the Arctic…...
Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (59+ words) [IMAGE] Eurek Alert! Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University More on this News Release Therapy at your fingertips: new Reichman University study led by Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology…...
L&A County to address issue of invasive plant on Napanee River
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (392+ words) A request for support from the Friends of the Napanee River regarding an invasive species was brought to council during the County of Lennox and Addington's latest Regular Meeting on May 13. The invasive species in question is flowering rush. And,…...
DNA-guided CRISPR system targets RNA and expands Cas12 beyond gene editing
39+ min ago (224+ words) A DNA-guided CRISPR platform could make RNA detection and control more stable, scalable, and precise, opening new routes for diagnostics, transcriptome engineering, and future therapeutic research. In the present study, researchers designed "DNA, a DNA-based guide that helps Cas12 systems find…...
Tech Talk: From technology scouting to real world single-cell functional analysis
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (139+ words) Friday, May 22 at15: 00 BST | 16: 00 CEST | 10: 00 EDT | 07: 00 PDT In this Select Science" Tech Talk, Toon Swings, Technology Expert at VIB Tech Watch, shares how his team scouts, evaluates, and stress-tests emerging single-cell platforms, and what criteria separate incremental from transformative advances. Two…...
Sequencing constraints lifted as Pacific Biosciences of California enables combined genetic and methylation detection
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (691+ words) Traders Union Sequencing constraints lifted as Pacific Biosciences of California enables combined genetic and methylation detection Pacific Biosciences of California announces a technology advancement allowing researchers to capture both genetic variation and native methylation in a single sequencing run without…...
Women's sense of smell is roughly 50% more sensitive than men's on average, and the gap widens during pregnancy to a degree that some evolutionary biologists think is a defence mechanism for the fetus
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (180+ words) The claim that women possess a sharper sense of smell than men is one of those folk observations that turns out to be approximately correct, repeatedly replicated, and yet rarely explained with any mechanical honesty. By Space Daily Editorial Team…...
China to study human embryo models in space
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (333+ words) The successful launch of the Tianzhou 10 cargo spacecraft on May 11 carried human embryo models into space. This marks the world's first in situ experiment to explore how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect early human development under space conditions " a crucial…...