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Animals have tails for a reason.
Scientists have found fossils of animals with tails dating back hundreds of millions of years. Back then, early fish used their fanlike tails as...
Why do flocks of birds in the sky swoop and swirl together? The science of murmurations is explained by a biologist.
A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The...
Muscles of a 50-year-old can no longer grow as they once did – the biology of muscle aging
There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities than by watching the Olympics. But at the Winter...
Biohackers are showing the power of DIY science
In March, amateur scientists in Sydney announced they had created a COVID-19 test kit that is simpler, faster, and cheaper than existing tests. While the test...
