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A group of bull sharks lived in a golf course pond for 17 years. Scientists say they could be in other ponds in Australia

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 16:52

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A collage of a bull shark and an aerial photo of a golf course pond. — The bull sharks found in Carbrook Country Club lived for over half a bull sharks expected life span.
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Science, Biology, bull-shark, sharks, Golf

A human embryo grown in a lab without a sperm or egg could be a revolutionary new way to test medicines that may help prevent miscarriage and genetic diseases

Mon, 09/11/2023 - 10:55

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The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta. — Scientists built the model embryo, imaged here. The outer ring is the placenta forming.
Weizmann Institute of Science

Science, Biology, stem-cells, embryos, Pregnancy

Scientists uncover a 'bizarre' leggy dinosaur unlike anything seen before, and it could rewrite the history of bird evolution

Thu, 09/07/2023 - 07:21

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An artist's impression of 150-million-year-old avialan theropod Fujianvenator prodigiosus shows a leggy, plumed dinosaur screatching as it stands over a prey. — An artist's impression of Fujianvenator prodigiosus. Scientists think this dinosaur could be a much needed missing link in the history of bird evolution around the Jurassic period.
ZHAO Chuang

Science, Biology, news-uk, paleontology, dinosaur, bird

A mysterious Arctic shark that can live for 500 years got lost and ended up swimming in the balmy waters of the Caribbean, scientists say

Sun, 09/03/2023 - 07:49

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Greenland_shark — A Greenland shark picture taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, 2007.
Hemming1952/Wikimedia Commons

Science, uk-weekend, news-uk, shark, Science, Biology, nature

Photos show 6,000 octopuses in one spot. It's the largest known gathering ever found and a mystery that scientists only just solved.

Sat, 09/02/2023 - 05:58

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A time-lapse camera developed by MBARI engineers allowed MBARI researchers and collaborators to monitor nesting octopus at the Octopus Garden for more than six months. — A time-lapse camera developed by MBARI engineers allowed them to monitor nesting octopus at the Octopus Garden for more than six months.
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Science, octopus, deep-sea, mbari, Ocean, Biology

Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.

Sat, 08/26/2023 - 05:55

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Science, rain-forest, amazon, climate-change, Biology

Scientists genetically engineer bacteria to detect cancer cells

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 07:45

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An international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can help detect (or even treat) cancer in hard-to-reach places, such as the colon. The team has published a paper in Science for the technique dubbed CATCH, or cellular assay for targeted, CRISPR-discriminated horizontal gene transfer.