Once upon a time, the Universe was just a hot soup of particles. In those…
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Male hormone plays key role in ovarian development
The male “androgen” hormone is an important element in the ovarian development of female chicken…
Spiritual retreats change feel-good chemical systems in the brain
More Americans than ever are turning to spiritual, meditative and religious retreats as a way…
Immune study in chickens reveals key hurdle for Campylobacter vaccine effort
The immune response of farmed chickens does not develop fast enough to fight off Campylobacter…
Biologists find surprising variability in courtship behaviors of wolf spiders
Studies of wolf spiders found that courtship displays help preserve genetic isolation between closely related…
Yellow fever killing thousands of monkeys in Brazil
In a vulnerable forest in southeastern Brazil, where the air was once thick with the…
Biopesticide could defeat insecticide resistance in bedbugs
A fungal biopesticide that shows promise for the control of bed bugs is highly effective…
Transgender college freshmen drink more, experience more blackouts, study shows
A survey of more than 422,000 college freshmen found that students who identified as transgender…
Research questions effectiveness of translocation conservation method
A DNA study of endangered greater prairie chickens in Illinois indicates that supplementing the dwindling…
Heart tissue grown on spinach leaves
Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek to scale up human tissue regeneration from…