Published on Oct 29, 2018
Twenty years ago, scientists were shocked to realize that our universe is not only expanding, but that it’s expanding faster over time. |SOURCE| Pinning down the exact rate of expansion, called the Hubble constant after famed astronomer and UChicago alumnus Edwin Hubble, has been surprisingly difficult. Since then scientists have used two methods [...] Read more
Published on Oct 29, 2018
When it comes to cooperation, there’s no monkey business in how some chimpanzees respond. |SOURCE| These primates often make decisions faster that benefits others than themselves, according to a newly published University of Michigan study. For decades, social scientists and biologists have sought to study primates because they are humans’ closest [...] Read more
Published on Oct 12, 2018
It is now possible to engineer healthy mice with two, same-sex parents in the lab. Here's what that means for reproductive science. |SOURCE| It is now possible to engineer healthy mice with two mothers and no father, according to a new study in Cell Stem Cell. Using stem cells and targeted gene editing, researchers also succeeded in creating mice [...] Read more
Published on Oct 12, 2018
New archaeological evidence from southwest Madagascar reveals that modern humans colonized the island thousands of years later than previously thought, according to a study published October 10, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Atholl Anderson from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and colleagues. |SOURCE| [...] Read more