Tomasz Klejdysz/Shutterstock First this week, Contributing Correspondent Cathleen O’Grady talks with host Sarah Crespi about controversy surrounding the use of Botox injections to alleviate depression by suppressing frowning. Next, researcher Stephen Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses his Science Advances paper on what turns […]
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Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is a common health hack that’s been claimed to reduce belly fat, improve insulin sensitivity, and even lower cholesterol. But when you’re looking for ACV in the supermarket, you should always look out for the products containing ‘the mother’, it’s been claimed. ACV has been used […]
A genetic treatment has been developed that leads to fruit flies living as much as nine per cent longer. Two therapies were created which each target a protein and they both were found to stave off signs of Alzheimer’s as well as elongating healthy lifespan. While the findings raise the […]
By Joe Paul A froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata) mid-hopAvalon/Photoshot License/Alamy A mathematical solution to a biological puzzle that may not really exist might prove useful for designing hopping rovers for space exploration. Alberto Vailati at the University of Milan, Italy, normally researches the physics of fluid dynamics. However, about 10 years […]
The rooms that make up the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University are lined wall to wall with identical shelves. Each shelf is filled with uniform racks, and each rack with indistinguishable glass vials. The tens of thousands of fruit fly types within the vials, though, are each magnificently […]
By Karina Shah A fruit fly on a banana skinAlexius Sutandio / Alamy Fruit flies that are lulled by gentle vibrations while they fall asleep snooze for longer, a finding that could explain why babies like to be rocked or why people nod off in the car. Kyunghee Koh at […]
Fruit flies are attracted to ripened or fermented fruits and vegetables and so are often seen flying around bins. Female fruit flies are capable of laying up to 500 eggs at a time meaning the fruit fly population in a home can multiply very quickly if they are not dealt […]
By Rowan Hooper Tardigrades are extraordinarily robustSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The most resilient animal known to science – the tardigrade – is yielding its secrets, with the first work at the atomic level investigating the way the animal survives extreme stress. Tardigrades are microscopic, eight-legged animals sometimes referred to as […]