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A turtle swimming in the ocean, which is an a bright blue green colour. Credit: Randall Ruiz on Unsplash

World’s First State of Migratory Species Report

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World's First State of Migratory Species Report was published this February 2024 and nearly 44 percent of species are showing a decline.

Black and white photo of Charles Darwin in his later years with a beard on the top left. Top right, drawing of Darwin's first evolutionary tree.

Darwin Day February 12

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During the Darwin family's 1868 holiday in her Isle of Wight cottage, Julia Margaret Cameron took portraits showing the bushy beard Darwin grew between 1862 and 1866.

Podcast I Darwin and Evolution by Natural Selection

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This is our Podcast on Darwin & Evolution by Natural Selection celebrating Darwin Day on February 12, and World Evolution Day on November 24.

The colorful Polycarpa aurata sits in a bed of white bryozoans (Triphyllozoon inornatum).

Unveiling the Power of Friction In A Marine Organism

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Researchers at ISTA's Heisenberg group have shed light on a remarkable phenomenon: how sea squirt oocytes utilize internal friction to jumpstart development after fertilization, a finding published in...

A close up of a double helix strand of DNA in gold

Evolution may not be as random as we thought

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Evolution may not be as random as we thought according to a new study that analysed the pangenome of a single bacterium.

One of the organoids in the experiment conducted by linking brain cells to computer chips. Credit: Cai et al., Nat. Electron., 2023

A human brain cell was put on a chip and can now do math

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A human brain cell was put on a chip and can now do math and understand speech. Known as Brainoware, it demonstrates the power of the brain.

Different varieties and colours of maize / corn on the con line up. Photo by Sunira Moses on Unsplash

Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago bringing languages with them, according to DNA

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Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, according to ancient DNA.

A four by four vehicle with people in it and looking out of the sun roof. The vehicle is moving across the savannah with 5 impala in its path.

Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah

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Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah according to a new study. Animals are more afraid of humans than they are of lions.

Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia. A) Magnetic resonance image of patient’s brain by fluid-attenuated inversion recovery demonstrating an enhancing right frontal lobe lesion, 13 × 10 mm. B) Live third-stage larval form of Ophidascaris robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) removed from the patient’s right frontal lobe. C) Live third-stage larval form of O. robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) under stereomicroscope (original magnification ×10).

This woman had a worm in her brain for a year

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The world’s first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered after surgeons detected a live eight-centimetre roundworm from a carpet python in the brain of a 64- year-old Australi...