Biology - Page 18

October 21, 2015

M&M-loving bees make blue and green honey

Hives of candy-crazy bees in France are reportedly producing honey colored blue and green.

October 21, 2015

When humans broke off sex with neanderthals

Neanderthals apparently last interbred with the ancestors of today's Europeans after modern humans with advanced stone tools expanded out of Africa, researchers say.

October 21, 2015

New DNA codes for mammoths: Step toward bringing them back?

Scientists are getting their best look yet at the DNA code for the woolly mammoth, thanks to work that could be a step toward bringing back the extinct beast.

October 21, 2015

Researchers convert sewer sludge to diesel alternative

Researchers at Mississippi State University have created a patented process which turns our by-products into an alternative diesel energy source. 

October 21, 2015

Trail of accent clues could lead to Foley’s ISIS killer

With investigators on both sides of the Atlantic attempting to unearth information about the Islamic State killer of U.S. journalist James Foley, the militant’s accent could provide major clues about his identity.

October 21, 2015

DARPA developing brain-zapping implants for injured soldiers

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is launching a program to develop technologies to treat psychiatric disorders by electrically stimulating the brain.

October 21, 2015

VR system lets you explore your brain in real-time

What if it were possible to explore your brain in virtual reality, watching your thoughts flashing before your eyes? A neuroscientist and a videogame developer have created a way to do precisely that.

October 21, 2015

Crocodiles are able to climb trees, study reveals

As far as discoveries go, this is a somewhat terrifying one, assuming one has a healthy respect for crocodiles on the ground: They can climb and perch in trees.

October 21, 2015

King Richard III's genome to be sequenced

The genetic code of King Richard III, the medieval monarch whose body was found buried under a parking lot in Leicester, England, is set to be sequenced.

October 21, 2015

Deadliest known substance kept secret: a botox super-toxin

Scientists have discovered a new type of botox they believe is the "deadliest substance known to man" and have withheld the DNA sequence because an antidote is not known.