In this week’s ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post Sylvie Martin-Eberhardt (they/them) discusses their new research article “Multiple signalling increases both prey response and diversity in a carnivorous pitcher plant“. Sylvie,…
Category: Life
A sea turtle boom may be hiding a population collapse
Around the world, many conservationists are celebrating increases in sea turtle population growth. Cape Verde in West Africa now has 100 times as many loggerhead turtle nests each year as…
No, supplements cannot prevent cancer or even help treat it, and they could even make things worse
As a general statement, when dietary supplements have been studied rigorously in clinical trials, they have not been shown to prevent cancer. For example, epidemiological and laboratory studies conducted decades ago initially…
New Drug Target Could Freeze Alzheimer’s in Its Tracks
Summary: Researchers discovered a powerful new drug target that could revolutionize how we treat Alzheimer’s disease. By focusing on an enzyme called IDOL, researchers found they could substantially reduce the…
Should you follow RFK, Jr.’s guidance to replace seed oils in your diet with beef tallow? Not if you want to stay healthier
“Make frying oil tallow again,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. And just like that, Steak ‘n Shake switched from frying in seed oils to frying…
Destructive peddlers of health misinformation: Social media influencers
Social media is awash with influencers vying for our attention so they can profit by selling their courses and hawking their magic solutions and silver bullets. Often, these grifts are…
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party suggests apes can play pretend
Humans may not be the only primates with the power to imagine. During a make-believe tea party, a bonobo named Kanzi kept track of invisible juice and imaginary grapes, researchers…
MAHA’s obsession with raw milk kills New Mexico newborn
A newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby’s mother drank during pregnancy. In a…
Some dung beetles dig deep to keep their eggs cool
In the face of global warming, some dung beetles may already have a survival strategy. As temperatures rise, temperate rainbow scarabs bury their dung deeper, keeping developing young inside dung…
Louise Cheynel | Toadally in the spotlight – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Louise Cheynel – a Postdoc at Lyon 1 University, France – shines a light on the impacts of nocturnal light pollution on…
