How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to ‘Bend Reality’ – Scientific American
Journalist Chris Berdik explains the many ways that what is expected shapes what happens Chris Berdik, a science journalist and former staff editor at …
Baby’s first gut bacteria may come from mum’s mouth | New Scientist
It is thought that babies get their first dose of microbes during birth, but these bugs may arrive in the placenta much earlier, from …
The Secrets of the 5,000 Year Old Microbiome – uBiome Blog
What scientists are learning from the bacterial DNA of ancient humans. If you take a trip to New Zealand you should be grateful you …
RNA’s Secret Life Outside The Cell | Quanta Magazine
Circulating RNAs carry messages for plants and invertebrates. Do they do the same for us? For decades, researchers have been finding DNA and its sister, …
The Surprising Origins Of Life’s Complexity | Quanta Magazine
Scientists are exploring how organisms can evolve elaborate structures without Darwinian selection The human eye evolved gradually, with natural selection favoring intermediate forms, but …
On The Microbial Frontier, Cooperation Thrives | Quanta Magazine
Population expansion may be a major driver in the evolution of cooperation, with implications for new antibiotics, cancer treatments and perhaps even human Despite …
Bugs as Drugs: Seeking the Microbial Secret to Health
Our body is, in essence, more ecosystem than organism. The human body teems with trillions of microbes — bacteria, viruses and fungi — and …
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad – Scientific American Blog Network
Whenever I see my 10-year-old daughter brimming over with so much energy that she jumps up in the middle of supper to run around …
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Popular medications linked to higher risk of kidney failure – CNN.com
Proton pump inhibitors, known as PPIs, might dramatically increase risk for kidney failure and kidney disease, new study shows. People taking PPIs had a 96% …
Immune cells help the brain to self-heal after a stroke – ScienceBlog.com
After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence …
Duke Study Uncovers Genetic Elements That Drive Regeneration | Duke Today
Limb or organ regrowth may be hidden in our genes If you trace our evolutionary tree way back to its roots — long …
Synthetic microbe lives with fewer than 500 genes | Science | AAAS
But function of many of these remains a mystery By Robert F. ServiceMar. 24, 2016 , 2:00 PM When it comes to genome size, …
Why bacteria can’t get any bigger—or smaller | Science | AAAS
Fitting in all the necessary cellular components limits their dimensions The size of a bacterium can vary by eight orders of magnitude—if the smallest …