These windpipe cells trigger coughs to keep water out of the lungs
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by Nora Bradford
12h ago
Neuroendocrine cells can sense substances on the way to the lungs and prompt reactions such as coughing and swallowing, experiments in mice show ..read more
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Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active ever since it was born
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by Nikk Ogasa
17h ago
An analysis of the moon’s atmospheric composition suggests that it has been spewing sulfur for roughly 4.6 billion years ..read more
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A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens’ travels to China
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by Bruce Bower
2d ago
A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or Denisovans ..read more
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Tiny treadmills show how fruit flies walk
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by Laura Sanders
2d ago
A method to force fruit flies to move shows the insects’ stepping behavior and holds clues to other animals’ brains and movement ..read more
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Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater
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by Darren Incorvaia
2d ago
After some bumblebee queens were accidentally submerged in water and survived, researchers found them to be surprisingly tolerant of flooding ..read more
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What can period blood reveal about a person’s health?
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by Payal Dhar
3d ago
The FDA recently approved a menstrual blood test for diabetes, the first diagnostic of any kind based on period blood. It may be just the beginning ..read more
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This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back
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by Helen Bradshaw
4d ago
Using machine learning, researchers trained Emo to make facial expressions in sync with humans ..read more
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This newfound longhorn beetle species is unusually fluffy
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by Saugat Bolakhe
4d ago
Discovered in Australia, the beetle is covered in whitish hairs and has distinctive eye lobes, antennae and leg shapes ..read more
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50 years ago, scientists wondered how birds find their way home
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by Maria Temming
4d ago
In the 1970s, lab tests hinted that birds can navigate using magnetic fields. New studies suggest that beak and eye proteins are behind the ability ..read more
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Scientists find a naturally occurring molecule that forms a fractal
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by Emily Conover
1w ago
The protein assembles itself into a repeating triangle pattern. The fractal seems to be an accident of evolution, scientists say ..read more
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