A Rare ‘Doomsday’ Fish Is Spotted Swimming in Mexico
Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.
What scientists learned from a well-preserved fossil of this iconic Jurassic-era species
The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.
Nature17d
Fish gills and human ears share the same genetic blueprint
Gills and mammalian ears bear little resemblance, yet examination of gene regulation reveals that key supportive cartilage tissue arises ... study that included a fish, an amphibian, a reptile ...
Nature25d
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Phys.org28d
New method enables protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells in organ-scale tissues
The paper's other lead author is Young-Gyun Park, a former MIT postdoctoral researcher now an assistant professor at KAIST in South Korea. The fundamental reason why large, 3D tissue samples are ...
Rock Paper Shotgun28d
The big fish in swampy adventure South Of Midnight baits us with a release date
It shows hero Hazel arguing with her mum before a supernatural hurricane cuts off the family drama and sends Hazel wandering the swamps to encounter giant alligators, giant fish, giant dolls, and ...
Yahoo Finance28d
Paper checks are dying. Here’s what you should use instead
The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...
Smithsonian Magazine29d
Why Do Mammals Have Outer Ears? Scientists Are Getting Closer to Solving the Mystery
In one paper, published in early ... and DNA sequences in the gill tissue of zebrafish and the ear cartilage of humans. The gills themselves—which fish use to breathe underwater—did not ...