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Nematode resurrected from Siberian permafrost lay dormant for 46,000 years
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe ancient nematode has lain dormant in a fossilized squirrel burrow since the late Pleistocene,...
Worms and humans both get 'the munchies,' despite 500 million years of evolutionary separation
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agomicroscopic image of the nematode c elegans. specific cells are stained bright green, and others are...
Why we die: Lessons on genes from a lowly worm
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Caenorhabditis elegans worm, colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Excerpted from WHY WE DIE: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for...
Microscopic worms use electricity to ride bumblebees like EVs
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBumblebees can detect electrical fields around the flowers they pollinate. From weasels to monkeys...
Scientists Discover That Worms Get the Weed Munchies, Too
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCompounds found in weed can make a species of roundworm hungrier, especially for their favorite...
Ammonium chloride: A surprising sixth basic taste may join salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSalt varieties Getty Images / Lew Robertson / Brand X Pictures Salmiak, a Scandinavian salt...
We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRobots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and...
These Hardcore Species Would Stand a Chance in a Nuclear Apocalypse
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSadly, we live in a world where a few individuals have the power to wipe out civilization as we know...
First Complete Map of a Fly Brain Has Uncanny Similarities to AI Neural Networks
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTo most humans, a fruit fly larva doesn’t look like much: a pale, wriggling, rice grain-shaped...