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Count Me In! Bayesian Model Used To Estimate Tiger Population

Researchers have developed a more reliable method for estimating tiger numbers in India.

Appetite-Controlling Brain Circuit May Help Explain Stress Eating

Scientists have found that diametric brain circuits switch feeding and drinking behaviors on and off in mice.

Successfully Steering The Smallest Swimmers

By switching between two modes of swimming, these nanoparticles can move through water without getting knocked off course.

Supercomputing Software Speeds Up Brain Simulation

Computational neuroscientists have taken a divide and conquer approach to simulating the complexity of the brain.

How Plants Use Tails To Distinguish Friend And Foe

Foreign RNA lacks the tell-tale tail, marking it for destruction by the plant immune system.

Expanding The Mouse Genome

Scientists have genetically modified mice so that they are able to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins in a controllable way.

Could Dark Matter Lie Beyond The Portal?

A dark axion portal could link the observable Universe to dark matter, which occupies 70 percent of the Universe but remains poorly understood.

High Pressure Makes Super-Hard Ceramic Transparent

Windows made of cubic silicon nitride can withstand temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius.

Damsel In Distress: Insect Courtship Trapped In 100-Million-Year-Old Amber

To introduce themselves to females, prehistoric male damselflies waved their hindlegs.