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- Life
For bacteria, assassination can breed cooperation
Cholera bacteria stabbing each other can encourage the evolution of cooperation.
- Life
‘Promiscuous’ enzymes can compensate for disabled genes
Promiscuous enzymes can step in when bacteria lose genes they need to function.
- Astronomy
Dark matter candidate particles are a no-show in Hitomi data
Before the Hitomi satellite broke apart, it captured data that cast further doubt on evidence of X-rays from dark matter particles in a galaxy cluster.
- Animals
Anemone proteins offer clue to restoring hearing loss
Proteins that sea anemones use to regenerate may help restore damaged hearing in mammals.
- Neuroscience
Sleep deprivation hits some brain areas hard
Brain scan study reveals hodgepodge effects of sleep deprivation.
- Plants
Sneaky virus helps plants multiply, creating more hosts
Plant virus makes hosts more attractive to pollinators, ensuring future virus-susceptible plants.
- Animals
Study ranks Greenland shark as longest-lived vertebrate
Radiocarbon in eye lenses suggests mysterious Greenland sharks might live for almost 400 years.
- Science & Society
Cancer drug came from traditional Chinese medicine
Researchers looked to traditional Chinese medicine for cancer treatment clues 50 years ago. Today, synthetic versions treat a variety of cancers.
- Neuroscience
Mix of brain training, physical therapy can help paralyzed patients
Long-term training with brain-machine interface helps people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries regain some feeling and function.
- Animals
Colugo genome reveals gliders as primate cousins
New genetic analysis suggests gliding mammals called colugos are actually sisters to modern primates.
- Particle Physics
New data give clearer picture of Higgs boson
Scientists are carefully measuring the Higgs boson’s properties.
- Science & Society
City of graphene hosts forum full of questions
Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses scientific inquiry and drawing inspiration from a supersmall element.
