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In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species

What do you think when you hear the word “rabbit”? Does your mind conjure images of cartoon bunnies eating carrots? Or the fluffy tails and floppy ears of pet bunnies? Maybe you think about their incredible ability to reproduce.

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Appendix is hardest organ to find, but 45% also can't find their own rectum

Almost half of people also have trouble finding their own reproductive organs

Wales Online

Queen's University helps find how drinking milk led to taller and heavier ancient humans

Study also highlights that process of evolution led to the pattern of lactose intolerance seen today

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Drinking milk made ancient humans heavier and taller, study finds

A researcher at Queen’s University in Belfast provided data for the research.

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On a tiny Australian island, snakes feasting on seabirds evolved huge jaws in a surprisingly short time

When we think of evolution, we tend to picture slow changes occurring over very long periods of time, typically millions of years. However, evolution can actually happen much faster, over only a few generations: think COVID-19 strains, for example. And this fast evolution isn’t just restricted to viruses and microbes.

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Best gut healthy snacks for a happy tummy and better mood

Happy gut, happy life

Evening Standard

Native eastern fence lizards changed their bodies and behavior in response to invasive red imported fire ants

An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that usually protect it and inserting their stingers in its soft underlying flesh.

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Five signs your gut may not be working properly, and what you need to do

Changes in your skin could mean a problem with your gut, and wider health worries

Wales Online

Aussie breakthrough in gut pain treatment

An Australian researcher has helped detect a molecular receptor in the colon which could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

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How An Ant Researcher Became A Giant Among Scientists

"We are destroying species that were built up over millions of years and are invaluable to society and for generations, and we don't know how fast they're disappearing," Wilson said.

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The regretful discoverer of sperm

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, was horrified by how sperm looked under the microscope

Salon

Trillions of tiny, self-replicating satellites could unlock interstellar travel

George Church published a new paper in Astrobiology musing about how biology could aid in creating a pico-scale system that could potentially explore other star systems at next to no cost.

Inverse

Are viruses alive?

According to some criteria, viruses meet the basic definitions for "life"; according to others, they don't

Salon

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

Lawmakers in Spain and Scotland have passed gender self-determination bills allowing citizens over 16 to change their registered gender without medical supervision

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Biology textbooks aren't keeping up

Climate change is a major threat to life on Earth — but not a major focus of biology textbooks

Daily Record

Teacher caught lying about role on application for job at West Lothian school

Jillian Hamilton-Cooper applied for a job at Armadale Academy in October 2020

Salon

"Forever chemicals" won't last forever

The chemicals in nonstick pans and receipt paper were once believed to be invincible environmental contaminants

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West Lothian teacher caught lying about principal role on job application

Jillian Hamilton-Cooper was caught lying on her job application when she applied for a role at a secondary school in Bathgate, West Lothian. She claimed she was a principal teacher of the science department.

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Did He Jiankui 'Make People Better'? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing – that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the…

Daily Mirror

Teacher filmed giving boy, 17, Covid vaccine without his parents' consent avoids prison

Biology teacher Laura Russo, 55, from New York, US, administered a dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to her son's 17-year-old friend on New Year's Eve in 2021

Salon

The cynic's guide to evolution

What if life isn't calculating, but more akin to a "puppy running amok," accidentally destroying its own habitat?

The Conversation

Can we ethically justify harming animals for research? There are several schools of thought

Neuralink, the biotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been accused of animal cruelty and is under federal investigation in the United States for potential animal welfare violations.

Inverse

Your nose has a microbiome — does it hold the key to ridding respiratory infections forever?

Booger transplants, anyone?

Inverse

'Cellular glue' could help scientists play Legos with your body's building blocks

Scientists found a way to manipulate the glue that connects cells, a technique that could help treat elusive diseases like cancer.

Wales Online

Russia scientists' bid to revive prehistoric viruses is 'very, very risky', says expert

Experts fear the world could be hit by a fresh pandemic after scientists at a research centre in Siberia started work on prehistoric paleoviruses

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