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Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes on bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The...
Avian flu virus detected in New York City wild birds
United Press International via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoHowever, researchers are worried that as bird flu spreads worldwide, the risk of it jumping into humans continues to grow. The samples in the latest ...
Why climate change means more jellyfish stings for ocean swimmers
dpa international via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoJellyfish, unlike many other sea creatures, are the winners of climate change. In a sign of the poor...
Hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners – scientists
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Endurance pursuits would have provided hominins (humans as well as extinct ancestors and close...
From Light to Insight: Columbia Researchers Illuminate the Mysteries of Visual Perception
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoFruit fly study reveals brain-cell circuitry that could underlie how creatures large and small see...
New evidence shows early humans became long-distance runners to hunt
Daily Telegraph· 4 days ago“Endurance pursuits would have provided hominins (humans, as well as extinct ancestors and close...
Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThis study is only the latest in a long series of papers that repeatedly amaze humans with the...
Study reveals history and oceanic voyages of remarkable baobab tree
Reuters via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThe baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. Two baobab lineages went extinct in...
Orcas only need one breath between dives
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoMost last less than one minute. The longest dive took about 8.5 minutes for one adult male. The whales in the study took 1.2 to 1.3 breaths per minute...
This Is An American Marten. You'll Probably Never See One In The Wild
IFLScience· 42 minutes agoMartens are not large animals: they grow to lengths of around 35–43 cm (14–17 inches), with a big...
