Australia Parts of Australia are battling the “plague” of rats. Most rural parts of New South Wales and Queensland are infested with millions of rats, which have taken over farmland, homes, stores, hospitals and cars. They are also eating everything in sight. Reuters reports that the bumper grain crop in …
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Studies of mammals have shown that various environmental effects such as ‘memories’ such as diet, weight and stress are passed down from father to offspring, although these states are not coded into sperm-driven DNA sequences. Now, we have a new understanding of how this is possible. The story has a …
Read More »Mice hide in a loaf of bread.Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP (Getty Images) Researchers say they have found a way to make more useful fat cells with the geneediting technique CRISPR. In a new study Wednesday, they found evidence — in mice — that these engineered cells could possibly burn …
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Five taste sensations and only three types of taste cells form the world of tastes – or so we thought. A new discovery indicates that there could be more complexity to this equation than we first thought. Researchers working with rodents have identified a new population of taste buds, and …
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The need for sleep goes far beyond simply replenishing our energy levels every 12 hours. Our brains actually change states when we sleep to remove the toxic byproducts of neural activity during the day. Strangely enough, research on mice has revealed that the same process is beginning to occur in …
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