SPOTLIGHTS
RathBiotaClan Spotlights — handpicked featured science stories and highlighted research discoveries. Each Spotlight goes deeper than a news story, exploring the significance and implications of the most fascinating findings in life science.
The Impacts of Atomic War on Biological Life
The application of atomic bombs-whether hypothetical or in war-is other than purely a strategic or political issue but more a...
Human Milk Oligosaccharides May Impact Respiratory Health
Breastfeeding is known to have many health benefits for infants. Indeed, the benefits range from keeping infections at bay to...
Electric Eels Nature’s Powerhouse and Their Impact on Modern Science
In the winding rivers of the Amazon rainforest resides a creature unlike any other—a fish that you definitely wouldn't want...
Surveying Adolescent Mental Health Challenges and Solution
Adolescence represents a vital stage in human development, bringing out significant physical, emotional and social changes. This period, typically between...
Animals That Breed Only Once in Their Lifetime
Certain animals exhibit a fascinating reproductive strategy known as semelparity, where they reproduce only once in their lifetime. This phenomenon...
The World of Ants: Species, Social Life, and Lessons
Ants, belonging to the family Formicidae, are incredibly diverse and exhibit highly organized social structures. The following notes summarize common...
Understanding Ecosystems: Major Causes of Their Decline
An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment. These interactions involve complex relationships between plants,...
POPULAR NEWS
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...
72-Hour Fasting Can Reset Your Entire Immune System, USC Study Shows
A 72-hour fast can trigger a powerful immune system reset. Scientists call this stem cell regeneration. The process clears old...
New Studys Says Gen Z is the least sexually active young cohort in modern recorded history
A generation that grew up with dating apps in their pockets, pornography a tap away, and sex discussed more openly...
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...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
The Parsimony Criterion in Phylogenetics: Morphological & Molecular Methods
The parsimony criterion is one of the oldest and most widely used methods of constructing phylogenetic trees, having its roots...
Maximum Likelihood Criterion in Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction
The maximum-likelihood (ML) criterion is one of the most important and statistically rigorous approaches used for phylogenetic tree reconstruction, first...
Tree Optimization Criteria and Tree Search Methods in Phylogenetics
Distance-matrix clustering methods such as UPGMA and Neighbor-Joining construct a phylogenetic tree directly through a fixed, well-defined algorithm, without explicitly...
Bootstrapping in Phylogenetics – Tree Reliability, Resampling & Bootstrap Values
Bootstrapping is a statistical method used to assess the reliability of a phylogenetic tree, introduced by Felsenstein in 1985. Since...
