All Stories by Ashley Yeager
- Life
Good news for giant pandas
The animal’s immune system has higher than expected genetic diversity, which could lead to better breeding programs.
- Genetics
Groovy surface changes cells’ state
Physical cues may be as important as chemical ones when trying to revert mature cells to stem-cell-like ones.
- Life
Lab-grown hair offers early hope
Specific growth conditions could be the key to treating receding hairlines and bald spots, a new study suggests.
- Quantum Physics
Heisenberg’s instinct was accurate
Scientists develop mathematical proof of quantum physics feature first suggested more than 80 years ago.
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First tilted solar system found
Data from the Kepler spacecraft revealed two planets orbiting their parent star at a 45-degree angle.
- Astronomy
Most distant galaxy lens discovered
Astronomers have discovered a galaxy about 9.4 billion light-years from Earth that is magnifying the light of an even more distant galaxy. It’s the most distant gravitational lens found to date.
- Animals
Young chimps catch human yawns
Juvenile chimps yawn contagiously when they see humans do it, a response that could signal the animals are developing empathy.
- Astronomy
Galaxy’s gas molecules reveal its structure
Astronomers have tracked carbon monoxide flowing both toward and away from NGC 1433’s central supermassive black hole.
- Genetics
Male zebrafish sex tool stops fin regeneration
Tiny, spiked structures on the pectoral fins of male zebrafish help them hold females steady while mating. However, the structures produce a protein that seems to hinder the fish’s ability to regenerate fins.
- Astronomy
Galaxy’s petal-like structures came from collision
A cosmic crash of two huge masses of stars, gas and dust probably gave way to a new galactic structure with both young and old star clusters.
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