SCIENCE FEATURED
Science Featured is RathBiotaClan's curated collection of in-depth science articles, explainers, and analysis pieces. Each featured article goes beyond the headlines — exploring the biology, mechanisms, and real-world significance behind the science. Written clearly, researched thoroughly, and designed for curious minds.
Congenital Insensitivity To Pain Life Expectancy
Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) is a rare genetic disorder in which an individual does not feel physical pain. In...
Taste for Starch In Rats
Recent research has illuminated a lesser-known aspect of their palate: a distinct affinity for starch-derived polysaccharides. This revelation challenges conventional...
Impact Of Stress On Brain Function And Health
Biological stress is produced within the brain by actual and perceived threats. The physiological effects caused by stress serve as...
Measles (Morbilli) Explained: Causes and Signs
Morbilli is an exanthematic disease caused by the measles virus, genus Morbillivirus, a member of the Paramyxoviridae, a family of...
Why Axons of Mammalian CNS Exhibit Limited Regeneration
The mammals possess a lot of benefits against other vertebrates, mainly in the areas of cognitive capacity and behavioral flexibility...
Bison Latifrons: Ice Age Giant
Giant Bison The Giant Bison skeleton stands at just over 2 meters from the floor to the top of the...
The Pigeon Test: How Birds Reveal Our Humanity
Another measure of the degree to which humankind is striving to develop protocols that are ethical is our relationship with...
The Neurophysiology of Speech
The gene FOXP2 exerts its developmental effect on our ability to speak through controlling a battery of other genes. Their...
Migratory Songbird Declines and Tracking Technologies
In recent decades, migratory songbird populations declined throughout North America and other parts of the temperate zone. It is necessary...
Micrornas: Key Regulators of Gene Expression
In 1993, the gene lin-4 in C. elegans embryos was discovered to play a crucial role in larval development. Victor...
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Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
Global Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
12,638 MRI Scans Confirm Men’s Brains Shrink Faster in PNAS Study
A large-scale analysis of brain scans taken over time has found that men's brains shrink faster than women's across a...
Volcanic Eruptions Can Destroy Their Own Methane — Tonga’s Plume Shows How
A study published in Nature Communications analyzed the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption's impact on methane in the atmosphere. It...
For Future Space Missions, Molecular Ecology Finally Offers a Clear Biosignature Target
When the next generation of probes scoops up dust from the icy shell of Europa or the surface of Mars,...
Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
