The monumental project to create the ‘Wikipedia of human cells’ presents its first advance
Some call it the Google Maps of the body, others the Wikipedia of cells, and a few more, more formally, ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Cells have the ability to learn things individually, new mathematical model suggests
Science is faced with a mystery: that of single-celled beings that show the ability to “learn” patterns from the environment ...
Why do we kiss? This theory proposes an unexpected origin related to hygiene
A good story ends with a kiss. Virtually all cultures in the world, throughout different eras, have realized this long-awaited ...
African elephant populations fell 77% in 50 years: “They need our help more than ever”
A meta-study that compiled 50 years of statistics on African elephants found significant declines in their populations. According to the ...
This enormous forest of clones is a single living being, perhaps the largest and oldest on the planet
In the mountains of the state of Utah, United States, there is a special aspen forest that extends up to ...
The egg came before the chicken… and any complex animal
To the question of who came first, the chicken or the egg, science and the theory of evolution offer a ...
When dogs instinctively shake off water, they are actually defending themselves
When a person bathes their dog, two things happen: the pet shakes vigorously to expel the water particles from its ...
We knew this bird of terror was big, but new clues indicate it was really huge
Millions of years ago, in the territory that today includes the region of South America, the phororrhacids lived, a family ...
COP16: Indigenous peoples gain a voice, but funding for biodiversity remains in limbo
The sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) has come to an end. ...
COP16 concludes without agreement on financing to protect biodiversity until 2030
The United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP16) that was held in Cali (Colombia), from October 21 to November 1, has ...
