Wild fish can recognize individual divers
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food…
How do monkeys recognize snakes so fast?
Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue.…
How cells recognize and repair DNA damage
Whenever cells divide, there is a high risk of damage to the genetic material. After all, the cell has to duplicate its entire genetic material and copy billions of genetic…
How bacteria recognize viral invasion and activate immune defenses
There’s no organism on earth that lives free of threat — including bacteria. Predatory viruses known as phages are among their most dire foes, infiltrating their cells to replicate and…
You Won’t Recognize Kim Kardashian With a Buzz Cut and Barely-There Eyebrows
Call her Kim the kameleon! She’s known for her long brunette locks, but Kim Kardashian ditched her signature cascading tresses and modeled a way shorter ‘do for the cover of CR…