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BiologyWhy the lights don’t dim when we blink - New research shows that the brain works extra hard to stabilize our vision despite our fluttering eyes.

27 points 1 comment submitted 5 hours ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/01/19/blink/

BiologyProtein structure determination using metagenome sequence data

3 points 0 comments submitted 5 hours ago by DrAntonioArizaPhD | Biochemistry | Structural Biology to /r/science

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6322/294

BiologyFruit fly hybrids make poor foragers, offering insight into how species remain distinct

5 points 0 comments submitted 13 hours ago by scisights to /r/science

http://blog.pnas.org/2017/01/journal-club-fruit-fly-hybrids-make-poor-foragers-offering-insight-into-how-species-remain-distinct/

BiologyImpending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter

51 points 4 comments submitted 1 day ago by burtzev to /r/science

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1600946.full

BiologyShape-Shifting Nucleosomes Open New Avenues for Epigenetics Research

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http://tiny.ucsf.edu/OTS1yc

BiologyNew theory could explain what creates the mysterious "fairy circles" in the Namib Desert-- an interaction between termite colonies and plant life

5 points 1 comment submitted 1 day ago by playfulshark to /r/science

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113417161/theory-could-finally-explain-mysterious-desert-fairy-circles/

BiologyHow enzymes stayed active as the Earth cooled.

43 points 3 comments submitted 1 day ago by earthaerosol to /r/science

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6322/289

BiologyCommon insecticides mimic melatonin, creating higher potential risk for diabetes and metabolic diseases - "first evidence that carbamates can upset circadian rhythms"

106 points 4 comments submitted 2 days ago by Synchronauto to /r/science

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2017/01/021.html

BiologyAssembly of a nucleus-like structure during viral replication in bacteria

6 points 2 comments submitted 2 days ago by Hrodrik to /r/science

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6321/194

BiologyRigorous replication effort succeeds for just two of five cancer papers

39 points 9 comments submitted 2 days ago by earthaerosol to /r/science

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/rigorous-replication-effort-succeeds-just-two-five-cancer-papers

BiologySex is communication on a biological level

29 points 5 comments submitted 2 days ago by Bookwormy13 to /r/science

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27485480

BiologyCaloric restriction increases lifespan in non-human primates. New study finds that food intake does influence longevity, with control monkeys nearly twice as likely to die as calorie restricted monkeys at any time point during the study.

24,838 points 2,334 comments submitted 2 days ago by SirT6PhD|MBA|Biology|Biogerontology to /r/science

http://news.wisc.edu/calorie-restriction-lets-monkeys-live-long-and-prosper/

BiologyNMR reveals carbon-nitrogen symbiosis between plant and insect-pathogenic fungus

0 points 0 comments submitted 2 days ago by jammerjoint to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14245

BiologyWSU scientists propose new nomenclature system for wheat-wheatgrass hybrids and for a new nothogenus, Tritipyrum, to be named for them

1 point 1 comment submitted 3 days ago by Silverseren to /r/science

https://news.wsu.edu/2017/01/12/scientists-discover-perennial-hybrid-wheat-wheatgrass/

BiologyReplication studies offer much more than technical details

3 points 0 comments submitted 3 days ago by rollemPhD | Ecology and Evolution to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/news/replication-studies-offer-much-more-than-technical-details-1.21311

BiologyScientists discover first evidence of a viral communication system. Chemical signals from one virus influence the behavior of others.

61 points 10 comments submitted 3 days ago by SteRoPo to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/news/do-you-speak-virus-phages-caught-sending-chemical-messages-1.21313

BiologyDormant Orchids Need Fungi to Rise Again

8 points 0 comments submitted 3 days ago by crowmint to /r/science

http://sercblog.si.edu/?p=7816

BiologyThe roles of testosterone and cortisol in friendship formation.

9 points 3 comments submitted 3 days ago by NinjaDiscoJesus to /r/science

http://www.psyneuen-journal.com/article/S0306-4530(16)30936-2/abstract?cc=y=

BiologyNatural selection may be causing a decline in gene variants that predispose people to attain higher levels of education

124 points 27 comments submitted 3 days ago by 3Magic_BeansPhD | Neurobiology | Genetics to /r/science

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/01/10/1612113114.full

BiologyThe genes that predispose people to attain higher levels of education have been in decline over the past 80 years, and researchers are suggesting that they’re now under negative selection, which could have a big impact on our species in the coming centuries.

217 points 65 comments submitted 3 days ago by the_phet to /r/science

http://www.sciencealert.com/natural-selection-is-making-human-education-genes-rarer-say-scientists

BiologyComplex life might have come and gone on Earth long before the multicellular organisms we're familiar with today arose, a new study suggests.

138 points 4 comments submitted 3 days ago by the_phet to /r/science

http://www.sciencealert.com/complex-life-could-have-existed-on-earth-at-least-once-before

BiologyCaloric restriction improves health and survival of rhesus monkeys

15 points 1 comment submitted 4 days ago by NinjaDiscoJesus to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14063

BiologyA new cell phone-based microscope identifies cancerous mutations and DNA sequencing reactions using the camera on a smartphone, according to study in Nature Communications.

33 points 2 comments submitted 4 days ago by TheScientistMagazineEditor | The Scientist to /r/science

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/48017/title/Next-Generation--Mobile-Microscope-Detects-DNA-Sequences/

BiologyFundamental science gets a special notice in Jan 9th issue of Advanced Materials Interfaces. Happy 25th Anniversary MPIKG

5 points 3 comments submitted 4 days ago by collagenlife to /r/science

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2196-7350

Biologyx Temporally and spatially partitioned behaviours of spinner dolphins: implications for resilience to human disturbance

71 points 0 comments submitted 4 days ago by TJools to /r/science

http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/1/160626

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