This Insanely Long Ribbon Worm Turns Out to Be The Oldest on Record Incredible!

This Insanely Long Ribbon Worm Turns Out to Be The Oldest on Record #Science #Biology #Zoology #RibbonWorm #BiologyNews #Paleontology

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules Photosynthesis. Learning how plants use the sun and water to make their own food is a staple of biology class and makes life on Earth possible. Still, not all of the over 300,000 known plant species are...

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #AsexualReproduction #ParasiticPlants #BiologyNews

Scientists Crack the Mystery of Why Cells Age Faster in Labs All the science news you can handle in a single feed

Scientists Crack the Mystery of Why Cells Age Faster in Labs #Science #Biology #CellBiology #CellAging #ResearchBreakthrough #BiologyNews

Chimpanzees shock biologists with rational thinking The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle. However, an ever-growing body of research suggests that rationality might not be quite...

Chimpanzees shock biologists with rational thinking #Science #Biology #Neurobiology #Chimpanzees #RationalThinking #BiologyNews

A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered hallmarks...

A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life #Science #Biology #CellBiology #MinimalCells #DefinitionOfLife #BiologyNews

Earth Was a Fungal World Before Plants Existed Scientists have discovered that fungi emerged hundreds of millions of years before plants. These ancient fungi may have built the first habitable land, working with algae to cycle nutrients and create...

Earth Was a Fungal World Before Plants Existed #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #FungiEvolution #Paleontology #BiologyNews

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology. Their survival strategy not only redefines the limits of life but also raises urgent questions about ecosystems disappearing...

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology #Science #Biology #Microbiology #ArcticResearch #Microorganisms #BiologyNews

Biologists Baffled by Never-Before-Seen Structure in a Tiny Organism The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives...

Biologists Baffled by Never-Before-Seen Structure in a Tiny Organism #Science #Biology #CellBiology #BiologyNews #CellStructure #ScientificDiscovery

A New Psilocybe Mushroom Discovered in Africa The story of Psilocybe maluti, its traditional use in Lesotho, and how citizen scientists helped bring this widely unknown species to scientific recognition

The discovery of P. maluti is more than a breakthrough in mycology; it’s a bridge between DNA sequencing, citizen science, and ancient healing practices.

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The Bright Yellow Worm That Survives by Turning Poison Into “Gold” In the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean, a glowing yellow worm has mastered survival in one of the most toxic places on Earth. Bathed in arsenic and sulfide from hydrothermal vents, it neutralizes the...

The Bright Yellow Worm That Survives by Turning Poison Into “Gold” #Science #Biology #Microbiology #BiologyNews #MicroscopicLife #Biochemistry

We finally have an idea of how the lifetime supply of eggs develops in primates Scientists have studied female monkey embryos to map how, when and where the egg supply develops. This can now be used to build realistic models of ovaries in the lab to search for the causes of reproductive...

We finally have an idea of how the lifetime supply of eggs develops in primates #Science #Biology #Zoology #Primates #EggDevelopment #BiologyNews

“Living Fossil” Just Shattered 70 Years of Evolutionary Assumptions Researchers have reexamined the skull musculature of coelacanths, a lineage of fish dating back 400 million years, and discovered that many anatomical structures had been previously misidentified. The...

“Living Fossil” Just Shattered 70 Years of Evolutionary Assumptions #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #LivingFossils #Evolution #BiologyNews

Study Overturns Decades-Old Dogma: Scientists Discover “Hidden Organization” in Gene Regulation Scientists have uncovered how a surprisingly structured protein helps disordered molecules regulate gene expression, upending previous ideas in molecular biology. Inside every human cell, proteins play...

Study Overturns Decades-Old Dogma: Scientists Discover “Hidden Organization” in Gene Regulation #Science #Biology #Genetics #GeneRegulation #ScientificDiscovery #BiologyNews

Microscopic Crystals Are Behind Blue Sharks' Ability to Change Color Learn more about the tiny crystalline dermal denticles, tooth-like scales that allow the blue shark to change colors.

Microscopic Crystals Are Behind Blue Sharks' Ability to Change Color #Science #Biology #Microbiology #BiologyNews #SharkResearch #ColorChange

Mysterious New Structure Discovered Hiding Inside Human Cells We didn't know this existed.

Mysterious New Structure Discovered Hiding Inside Human Cells #Science #Biology #CellBiology #CellStructure #BiologyNews #ScientificDiscovery

Scientists discover never-before-seen part of human cells — and it looks like a snowman wearing a scarf Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a

Scientists discover never-before-seen part of human cells — and it looks like a snowman wearing a scarf #Science #Biology #CellBiology #CellDiscovery #BiologyNews #ScienceInnovation

Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction. The discovery could inspire future regenerative medicine.

Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs #Science #Biology #Regeneration #AxolotlRegeneration #BiologyNews #ScientificDiscovery

Scientists Say Dogs And Cats Are Evolving to Look More Alike. But Why? Signs of convergence are showing.

Scientists Say Dogs And Cats Are Evolving to Look More Alike. But Why? #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #AnimalEvolution #Pets #BiologyNews

#KomodoDragon #Parthenogenesis #ReptileFacts #AnimalScience #EggLaying #WildlifeDiscovery #NatureWonders #FemalePower #UnusualReproduction #BiologyNews

Giant, Fungus-Like Organism May Be Completely Unknown Branch of Life New research suggests that Prototaxites, once believed to be a giant fungus, may actually represent an entirely extinct and previously unknown branch of complex life, distinct from fungi, plants, animals,...

Giant, Fungus-Like Organism May Be Completely Unknown Branch of Life #Technology #Other #Fungi #BiologyNews #NewDiscoveries

East Asians who can digest lactose can thank Neanderthal genes Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the population over time because they bolstered immune responses against pathogens,...

East Asians who can digest lactose can thank Neanderthal genes #Science #Biology #Genetics #NeanderthalGenes #LactoseTolerance #BiologyNews

I’m not sure if #UpworthyScience has made it here to Bluesky, but incase it hasn’t here’s some good #BiologyNews they’ve shared:

1. A new vaccine developed by Oxford scientists is protecting more Nigerians than ever

2. Breast cancer rates in the US are down by 44%

3. Scotland Scientists have

📢 The SEB June 2024 newsletter is out! Highlights include the #SEBconference in Prague, EPIPLANT/SEB 2024 symposium, latest research, funding opportunities, and career resources.

Check it out:
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