The neurotoxin tetanus toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani could help against muscle wasting. (Image: Dr_Microbe / iStock)
Tetanus toxin is a highly...
It sounds shrill through the hive: Researchers have identified a special alarm signal that Asian honeybees generate when threatened by giant hornets. ...
People with high blood pressure (hypertension) often ask themselves: Which foods lower blood pressure? Unfortunately, there is no simple list for this. ...
Ruins of the Byzantine winery in Yavne. (Image: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority)
In Israel, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a huge...
Millions of years before hermit crabs developed their famous trick, penile worms used it successfully.
British and Chinese researchers come to this surprising conclusion after...
Artist's impression of a Cambrian priaps worm in the annexed shell of a prehistoric marine animal. (Image: Prof Zhang Xiguang, Yunnan University)
The beach...
The endangered European brown bear lives in the Sirente Velino Regional Park in Abruzzo, Italy. (Image: Stefano_Pellicciari / iStock)
They like to be on...
By simply imagining the movements of your hand while writing, text will appear on a computer screen promptly.
It may sound like science fiction: writing...
Researchers have picked up no fewer than 35 signals, including two very special ones.
The famous physicist Albert Einstein already predicted the existence of gravitational...