Move over, mice: sheep have the superior brains for neuroscience research
Sheep brains more closely resemble human brains than do mouse brains
Community scientists are digitally catching insects instead of collecting specimens
This is great for the insects, but high-quality specimens are important for research
Killing germs with slime bacteria M. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
The very real soil microbe uses chemistry to hunt other microbes
Why biological studies on queer people do more harm than good
When studying vulnerable groups, scientists should always be aware of the context their studies take place in
Tweeting about research results in three times more citations
Social media is proven to help share new science with the public
Buckeye butterflies get their color from their scales
Nanostructures combine with pigments to form all the colors in the rainbow
Fruit fly glue is sticky, no matter how you slice it
Adhesives found in nature could have applications for us
Squid bamboozle predators with elaborate ink-based dancing and weaving
They also deploy multiple moves and tactics to avoid being eaten
Meet Antonia Maury, astronomy's renegade who changed the way we classify stars
Maury was part of a group of brilliant women known as the "Harvard Computers"
What happens when a scientist investigates results that are "too beautiful to be true"?
Inside Tsuyoshi Miyakawa's attempts to improve reproducibility in science
Scientists around the world had mice make the same decision three million times over
Because reproducible research is a key goal of this global collaboration
Horses lose four of their toes in the womb
About four weeks after conception, horse embryos still have five toes, just like humans
On #WorldPangolinDay, we celebrate this roly-poly scaly anteater, one of the world's most trafficked mammals
But celebrations are marred by the recent suggestion that pangolins may be the SARS-CoV-2 carrier
Your brain isn't the same in virtual reality as it is in the real world
VR is widely used to study the brain, but it isn't the same as real life — and this has real-world consequences
Fish use "blood-doping" to survive in icy water
To keep their blood from becoming too thick, cold-water fish release blood cells from the spleen only when needed
My cat's coat is mostly white with dark tabby patches. What's going on?
A researcher uses a tweetorial to figure out the underlying genetics for their cat's coat
Specialized nerves let squid tentacles strike with lightning speed
Squid have different types of nerves in appendages with different functions
Hermit crabs are using old bottle caps and plastic as shells — and it's killing them slowly
Around 570,000 crabs become entrapped in debris each year on the Henderson and Cocos (Keeling) islands
You live in a mostly 2D world, but the map in your brain charts the places you've been in 3D
Place cells in the brain light up in familiar places, both on the ground and climbing in the air
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Meet the colour-changing green forester moth: a living water vapour sensor
Researchers used microscopy techniques to understand how the green forester moth changes from a shiny green to a rusty red colour
"The Nemo Effect" doesn't exist: Pixar movies increased clownfish googling, not clownfish purchasing
People were more interested in fish after it came out, but not more likely to set up an exotic aquarium