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Asian Scientist Magazine’s March 2021 Roundup
Embark on a billion-year scientific odyssey through Asian Scientist Magazine’s top stories from March 2021.
Mapping Ancient Migration In The Philippines
The Philippines' largest-ever DNA mapping study has revealed that climate change spurred at least five waves of migration to the country over 50,000 years.
Digging Deep Into Ankylosaurid Behavior
Best known for their heavily fortified exterior, ankylosaurids may have also defended themselves against large land predators through digging.
Caught In the Act: Fossilized Remains Of A Nesting Dinosaur
For the first time ever, scientists have found a 70 million year old fossil in China capturing a dinosaur nesting on a clutch of unhatched eggs.
Automating The Evolution Of Antimicrobial Resistance
To deepen their understanding of antimicrobial resistance, researchers have developed a robotic system that could evolve bacteria in bulk after exposure to different antibiotics.
Playing Hide And Seek With Medicinal Plants
By blending in with its surroundings, a plant traditionally used in Chinese medicine has evolved to evade harvesting by humans.
Sniffing Out The Evolution Of Rodent Pheromones
According to researchers in Japan, rodent pheromones may have originated from a combination of two ancient vertebrate genes.
Severe COVID-19 Linked To Neanderthal Gene
A long stretch of DNA inherited from an interbreeding event with Neanderthals some 60,000 years ago has been linked to increase risk of severe COVID-19.
Red Pandas Actually Two Distinct Species
Using population genomics, scientists have confirmed that the two red panda species have different evolutionary histories.
