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Lung transplant criteria biased against shorter patients
Short people have several health advantages over tall people, including lower risk for cancer and…
Earth’s climate more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought
Ancient climates on Earth may have been more sensitive to carbon dioxide than was previously…
Programmable plants: Synthetic biologists pave way for genetic circuits
Taking genetic engineering to the next level, researchers are creating modular, programmable genetic circuits that…
Former smokers who quit within the past year are four times more likely to be daily users of e-cigarettes
Analysis of a national survey of adult tobacco use points to use of e-cigarettes as…
For the birds: Whether you’re territorial, a girlfriend stealer or a cross dresser, it’s in your genes
Whether you’re territorial, a girlfriend stealer, or a cross dresser, when it comes to finding…
‘Supergene’ underlies genetic differences, sexual behavior in male ruff
The ruff is a Eurasian shorebird that has a spectacular lekking behavior where highly ornamented…
New microscopy technology may help surgeons save more lives
Biomedical engineers and neurosurgeons have developed an augmented microscopy technology to help surgeons operate with…
Most extensive face transplant to date
Physicians have just announced the successful completion of the most extensive face transplant to date,…
Earwigs raised without parents demonstrate limited maternal care of their own offspring
The effect of the loss of parents among animals that could, in principle, survive without…