How a Human Smell Receptor Works Is Finally Revealed
Human olfactory receptors belong to an enormous family of proteins known as G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Situated within cell membranes, these ...
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Primitive Asgard Cells Show Life on the Brink of Complexity
The finding that Lokis have actin tentacles adds plausibility to a eukaryogenesis scenario called the inside-out model, Spang and Schleper ...
The Many Metaphors of Metamorphosis
As far as metaphors for change go, this is a potent one. Yet when we think about the future and ...
The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard
Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound ...
2-Million-Year-Old DNA Reveals Ancient Greenland Ecosystem
An illustration of Kap København 2 million years ago.Illustration: Beth ZaikenA team of scientists sequenced the most ancient DNA yet, ...
How Scientists Are Cleaning Up Rivers Using Grasses and Oysters
One hundred miles north of Philadelphia, the Billion Oyster Project has been restoring the bivalves in New York Harbor since ...
If Humans Went Extinct, Would a Similar Species Evolve?
The rise of powerful new technology means that humanity must confront the risk of its own demise. The invention of ...
This De-Extinction Company Wants to Resurrect the Thylacine
Of all the species that humanity has wiped off the face of the earth, the thylacine is possibly the most ...