Veronique Greenwood
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How Genes Can Leap From Snakes to Frogs in Madagascar
The discovery of a hot spot for horizontal gene transfer draws attention to the possible roles of parasites and ecology in such changes. → Read More
Ancient Genes for Symbiosis Hint at Mitochondria’s Origins
Was the addition of mitochondria a first step in the formation of complex cells or one of the last? A new study of bacteria tries to answer this contentious question in evolutionary biology. → Read More
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof.
The hydra is a simple creature. Less than half an inch long, its tubular body has a foot at one end and a mouth at the other. The foot clings to a surface underwater — a plant or a rock, perhaps — and the mouth, ringed with tentacles, ensnares passing water fleas. It does not have a brain, or even much of a nervous system. And yet, new research shows, it sleeps. Studies by a team in South Korea… → Read More
An ‘open source’ agricultural movement takes seeds back to their roots
Fighting big agribusiness' patents, these renegade growers want the freedom to plant → Read More
Why Sleep Deprivation Kills
Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists haven’t known why. Newly published work suggests that the answer lies in an unexpected part of the body. → Read More
My Grandfather Thought He Solved a Cosmic Mystery
His career as an eminent physicist was derailed by an obsession. Was he a genius or a crackpot? → Read More
‘Omnigenic’ Model Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait
The more closely geneticists look at complex traits and diseases, the harder it gets to find active genes that don’t play some part in them. → Read More
Why Does Sweetness Taste So Good?
A new study hints at how the brain flags different flavors as delicious or disgusting. → Read More
How CRISPR is Spreading Through the Animal Kingdom — NOVA Next
Gene editing with CRISPR is so fast, cheap, and adaptable that scientists in myriad fields are putting it to use. → Read More
How Many Genes Do Cells Need? Maybe Almost All of Them
An ambitious study in yeast shows that the health of cells depends on the highly intertwined effects of many genes, few of which can be deleted together without → Read More
You Don't Look Like Your Selfie
The closer your phone is to your face, the more it distorts your nose. → Read More
Gene Sequencing Speeds Diagnosis of Deadly Newborn Diseases — NOVA Next
Newborn genetic diseases are often swiftly fatal, but today's gene sequencing speeds can help doctors make quick, life-saving diagnoses. → Read More
Disease Modelers Seek Statistical Clues to the Timing of Symptoms
The long, variable times that some diseases incubate after infection defies simple explanation. An idealized model of tumor growth offers a statistical solution → Read More
Each Grain of the Ocean Floor Is Home to a Diverse, Mysterious World
Researchers are just beginning to shed light on the busy microbial communities that live on the seabed. → Read More
Why Do We Need to Sleep?
At a shiny new lab in Japan, an international team of scientists is trying to figure out what puts us under. → Read More
How Bacteria Help Regulate Blood Pressure
Kidneys sniff out signals from gut bacteria for cues to moderate blood pressure after meals. Our understanding of how symbiotic microbes affect health is becoming more molecular. → Read More
The Overlooked Link Between Two of This Year’s Nobel Prizes
To better understand the molecules described by the latest prize in medicine, we will need the technique recognized by the latest prize in chemistry. → Read More
Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking
Julian Jaynes was living out of a couple of suitcases in a Princeton dorm in the early 1970s. He must have been an odd sight there… → Read More
Squirrels Sort Their Nuts Like You Sort Your Fridge
The bushy-tailed rodents appear to remember where they put different types of food, at least for a few hours. → Read More
A 1775 Map Reveals the Extent of Human Impact on Florida’s Coral Reefs
A chart maker’s drawings suggest even more coral has disappeared around the Florida Keys than previously thought. → Read More