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Tag: Anatomy and Physiology

World

What Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds

October 11, 2024Emily Anthes and Ian WillmsComments Off on What Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out.

World

Pollution May Affect the Color of City Birds, Research Shows

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024Marta ZaraskaComments Off on Pollution May Affect the Color of City Birds, Research Shows

Recent studies show that certain feather pigments can help neutralize toxic pollution. It means darker, duller birds could have a survival advantage.

World

London Museum Removes ‘Irish Giant’ Skeleton From Display

January 21, 2023Claire MosesComments Off on London Museum Removes ‘Irish Giant’ Skeleton From Display

The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an effort to address what one official at the Hunterian Museum called a historical wrong.

World

Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal Genome

October 3, 2022October 4, 2022Cora Engelbrecht and Isabella KwaiComments Off on Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal Genome

Svante Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, was honored for work that created a new field of ancient DNA studies and identified populations at higher risk of disease.

World

All Hooting Aside: Did a Vocal Evolution Give Rise to Language?

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022Oliver WhangComments Off on All Hooting Aside: Did a Vocal Evolution Give Rise to Language?

The loss of certain muscles in the human larynx may have helped give our species a voice, a new study suggests.

World

The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos

August 5, 2022Siobhan RobertsComments Off on The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos

A team of biologists and mathematicians studied hours of video to learn how insects take shape in the egg. The secret is geometry.

World

The Health Effects of Extreme Heat

June 13, 2022June 14, 2022RAYMOND ZHONGComments Off on The Health Effects of Extreme Heat

Researchers are drilling down into the ways life on a hotter planet will tax our bodies, and looking for protections that, unlike air-conditioning, don’t make the problem worse.

World

Even the G-Spot is Named for a Man

September 21, 2021Rachel E. GrossComments Off on Even the G-Spot is Named for a Man

Why do so many female body parts honor male scientists?

World

In Israel, Modern Medicine Grapples With Ghosts of the Third Reich

May 12, 2020May 14, 2020ISABEL KERSHNERComments Off on In Israel, Modern Medicine Grapples With Ghosts of the Third Reich

A Palestinian surgeon, a Jewish patient, a Nazi medical text — and an unlikely bond.

Headlines

South African Politician Julius Malema, Subject of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge

October 1, 2025Zimasa Matiwane

London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior

October 1, 2025STEPHEN CASTLE

‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head

October 1, 2025CHRISTINE HAUSER

How Broken Politics Breaks Courts

October 1, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

How Broken Politics Breaks Courts

October 1, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025Liam Stack and Ephrat Livni

Israel Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan

October 1, 2025Aaron Boxerman

U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape

October 1, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025MOTOKO RICH

Irish Hotelier Accuses Qatari Royals of Scheme to Get Free Labor

October 1, 2025Ephrat Livni
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