How does fever help fight infections? There's more to it than even some scientists realize
The heat and chills that come with fever are not only uncomfortable but also metabolically costly. Increased body temperature, however, can make all the difference when you’re sick.
Sept. 11, 2023 • ~8 min
It's reassuring to think humans are evolution's ultimate destination – but research shows we may be an accident
We may have become the most complex living creature in part by accident and replication of error.
Sept. 5, 2023 • ~8 min
How do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower
Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.
Sept. 4, 2023 • ~6 min
Trans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms, research shows – and so do the other students and science itself
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the biology of sex and gender is not so simple.
Aug. 31, 2023 • ~11 min
Study connects neural gene expression differences to functional distinctions
Researchers compared a pair of superficially similar motor neurons in fruit flies to examine how their differing use of the same genome produced distinctions in form and function.
Aug. 25, 2023 • ~8 min
Secrets of the Octopus Garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival
Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why octopus moms gather there.
Aug. 23, 2023 • ~10 min
Secrets of an octopus's garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival
Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why octopus moms gather there.
Aug. 23, 2023 • ~9 min
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