As a research biologist was trekking a remote area in California 25 years ago, they stumbled upon human remains. Initially, a coroner didn’t find any reason to think the man, whose remains were found in southeastern Orange County, died from a homicide, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a Feb. 6 news release. Investigators […]
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Why do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do humans and animals have to breathe? – Tennessee, age 7, Hartford, Kentucky You need to breathe for the same reason you need to eat: It helps you make […]
Body identified 31 years after biologist spotted remains in Nevada desert, police say
As a biologist trekked through a Nevada desert while conducting a tortoise survey nearly 31 years ago, they noticed something odd — a handmade quilt was buried beneath “several large rocks” in the dirt. The biologist looked closer, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a Jan. 16 news release posted to X, formerly […]
Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a developmental biologist and a bioethicist discuss IVF, abortion and the mice with two dads
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that help people experiencing difficulty having or an inability to have biological children of their own. From in vitro fertilization to genetic screening to creation of viable eggs from the skin cells of two male mice, each new development speaks to the potential of reproductive technologies to expand access […]