A different type of stem cell–one used in asexual reproduction–can create new heart muscle tissue without raising ethical questions, new studies show Original post on smithsonianmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Appendix Evolved More Than 30 Times – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
Domestic cats in the United States kill billions of birds and mammals a year, according to a new report, a rate that is much higher than previous estimates. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Hearing loss is a significant public health problem affecting close to 50 million people in the United States alone. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form and is caused by the loss of sensory hair cells in the cochlea. Hair cell loss results from a variety of factors including noise exposure,… Original post on medicalxpress.com Comments on reddit.com
The continent of Australia is home to a wide variety of wonderfully weird mammals–kangaroos, wombats, and koalas among many others. But the re-discovery of a specimen over a hundred years old raises new hopes that Australia could harbor another wonderful mammal. Examining museum specimens collected in western Australia in 1901, contemporary mammalogist Kristofer Helgen discovered a western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii). The surprise: long-beaked echidnas were supposed to have gone extinct in Australia thousands of years ago. Original post on mongabay.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists measure the population of mammals in the Chernobyl exclusion zone by studying tracks in the snow. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A small African mammal with an unusual ability to regrow damaged tissues could inspire new research in regenerative medicine, a University of Florida study finds. Original post on labspaces.net Comments on reddit.com
For mammals, evolving into bigger sizes takes a lot longer than shrinking, new evolution study shows. Original post on nationalgeographic.com Comments on reddit.com