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Why we die: Lessons on genes from a lowly worm
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Caenorhabditis elegans worm, colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Excerpted from WHY WE DIE: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for...
DEET found to cause reproductive damage in worms, warranting further investigation, scientists say
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA new study has found that DEET, the active ingredient in many mosquito and insect repellents, can...
Microscopic worms use electricity to ride bumblebees like EVs
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBumblebees can detect electrical fields around the flowers they pollinate. From weasels to monkeys...
These tiny worms are no match for carnivorous fungi
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn aquatic nematode living in pond water among cyanobacteria. The small worms are sometimes trapped and eaten by carnivorous fungi. If nematodes have...
Research suggests that kombucha microbes may mimic the effects of fasting, without actually fasting
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoKombucha drink close-up Getty Images/Olga Pankova Turns out, you may be able to reap the benefits of...
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...
When the worm returns ... from beyond the grave
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs if the prospects of global warfare, the potential of artificial intelligence to destroy our society and the return of Paris Hilton to pop culture...
Amino acid taurine can slow aging in animals, but we don't know if it works in people
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agophoto shows a man with tan skin and black hair wearing a white button down shirt and holding a...
Plant Lovers’ Almanac: Glorious color bursts forth in Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMild weather passed into pre-summer infernos and back to a mild weather weekend and then back to...
We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRobots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and...
