Why isn’t your body transparent? Some animals such as jellyfish[1], zebra fish[2] and some glass frogs[3] have see-through bodies. But most mammals, including humans, aren’t transparent.
While the idea of a transparent body might seem odd or even a bit creepy, it could actually be really helpful for doctors. If our bodies were...
What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to make, maybe lunches for tomorrow too, and you just don’t have the energy to wrangle your kids into a new art project or plead with them to pick up a book.
Instead, you give in when they beg for more iPad time. Or maybe they promise they’ll do their...
Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social behavior for both species.
Although their domestication histories and natural behaviors are very different, cats and dogs share many similarities. Both...
The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people[1] around the world suffer from long COVID-19.
Efforts to better understand this condition, however, have been hampered by its ability to affect multiple organ systems[2], such as those involving...