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eLife in Life’s Building BlocksMar 303 min read

Cells “solidify” under stress

New research suggests that the interior of cells becomes less fluid-like…

Jess Brooks in Science and InnovationMar 62 min read

“Does Psychiatry Need Science?”

“A group of seventeen prominent doctors; biological psychiatrists, experts in diagnostics, subspecialists in the field of depression, and even a historian; petitioned the D.S.M.-5 mood-disorders committee to add a diagnosis they named melancholia… melancholia lost its place…

GrrlScientistApr 11, 20152 min read

Watch: Sleeping hummingbird “snores” | @GrrlScientist

by GrrlScientist for The Guardian | @GrrlScientist

In today’s “Caturday” video, we watch a hummingbird “snoring” as she awakens from torpor in a small environmental chamber at a research station in Peru

Oxford Academic in Science UncoveredOct 8, 20154 min read

The Planetary Genome Project

The history of genomic observation; from plants to planets.

Jess Brooks in Science and InnovationFeb 151 min read

“Why Your Birth Date May Not Match Your Body’s Age”

“In the study, researchers looked at a group of people, all of whom were 38 years old. The researchers determined these participants’ “biological ages” based on how well their body systems were working. To determine each person’s biological…