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Physiology or Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Cell’s Recycling Process
Yoshinori Ohsumi revealed workings of autophagy, a routine biological process implicated in many diseases. The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to…
Surfing on a turtle’s tail makes swinging crabs monogamous
Surfing the world’s oceans on the back of a turtle may sound like a life of luxury, but for a small crab it also means restricting…
Rattlesnakes silently shook their tails before evolving rattles
Shake, rattle and strike. It is possibly one of the most terrifying sounds in the animal kingdom, but how the rattlesnake evolved its chilling warning signal…
Nature Outlook: Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer has long flown under the radar despite being one of the top-ten cancer killers worldwide. It lacks the research spotlight and public awareness of…
Hawaiian crows can use sticks as tools but are nearly extinct
It’s certainly something to crow about. New Caledonian crows are known for their ingenious use of tools to get at hard-to-reach food. Now it turns out…
A ray of hope amid antibiotic gloom
As antibiotic resistance continues to threaten the treatment of various infections, researchers are looking for new ways to supplement and in some cases replace failing antimicrobial…