Meet the warty comb jelly, the only animal with a disappearing anus
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/warty-comb-jelly-disappearing-anus-butt-month
Its anus appears and disappears every time it needs to poop, at least every hour. That’s just one strange facet of comb jelly biology
People with sickle cell disease are less likely to get kidney transplants than those without
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/sickle-cell-kidney-health-inequity
Sickle cell disease predominantly affects Black populations, and kidney transplants can save their lives
Bacteria can live without food for over 1000 days
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/bacteria-1000-days-food
Nearly three years without food drives innovative survival strategies
Researchers cultivate bee gut bacteria to create an insect probiotic
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/bee-bacteria-probiotic-insect-digestive
Efforts to save the bees may have gained some new microbial allies
Freshwater zebra mussels deal with microplastics surprisingly well
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/microplastics-freshwater-shellfish-environment
The invasive species may hold lessons for others
New device blends secrets of beetles and cacti to pull water from fog
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/water-biomimicry-cactus-beetle-desert
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Engineers learned from unique surfaces in nature to create an aluminum foil that harvests water from the air
How binary stars’ planets are born
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/space-binary-star-exoplanet-formation-physics
A new mathematical simulation shows how gas and dust could swirl into planets in dual-star systems
Without synaptic "nibbling," mice develop behavioral problems
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/microglia-synaptic-pruning-mice-development
Mice without microglia grow up with an excess of inhibitory neurons
Tapering off opioids is treacherous for mental health
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/opioid-tapering-epidemic-sacklers
A large-scale study shows how the opioid epidemic has created downstream negative health outcomes
When a person "detransitions," pressure and threats — not regret — are most often the cause
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/detransition-trans-lgtbqia
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In a study published in LGBT Health, researchers analyzed survey data of 27,715 trans and gender diverse US adults
Precise CRISPR gene editing can correct the mutation that causes cystic fibrosis in mini-intestines
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/prime-editing-cystic-fibrosis-organoids
Prime editing, which edits DNA directly without cutting, restored healthy function in an organoid model of an intestine
Mice don’t get Alzheimer’s, so why test Alzheimer’s drugs on them?
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/mice-alzheimers-lab-grown-human-cells
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Lab-grown human cells offer a revolutionary new model for bio-medical research.
Researchers find biomarkers for heart disease in young adults
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/heart-disease-cardiovascular-young-proteomics-oxidative-stress
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The proteomic analysis detected differences in oxidative stress markers
Meet Valerie Thomas, the inventor and scientist who launched the longest-running satellite program imaging Earth’s surface
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/valerie-thomas-science-hero-nasa-landsat
During Thomas’s three-decade career at NASA, she connected scientists with the data they need to understand our planet
Move over, mice: sheep have the superior brains for neuroscience research
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/sheep-neuroscience-research-mice-model-organisms
Sheep brains more closely resemble human brains than do mouse brains
Earth’s oxygen is projected to run out in a billion years
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/sun-oxygen-reactions-elements-atmosphere
As the Sun ages, Earth’s processes will change
Strong butt muscles are the key to sprinting at an elite level
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/sprinting-hamstrings-gluteus-maximus-training
Instead of the hamstrings, your butt is the real motor behind lightning-fast sprint speeds, at least if you’re an elite male sprinter
Your saliva affects the way you spread pathogens
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/spit-saliva-germs-bacteria-virus-microbes-transmission
Our saliva can vary depending on our physiological state, making us more or less likely to pass on bugs to others
Remembering Ben Barres, the trailblazing trans neuroscientist and mentor, on his birthday
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/ben-barres-trans-birthday-neuroscience-stanford
The legacy of the researcher, teacher, and gender equality advocate lives on
Alzheimer’s drugs targeting amlyoid plaque may be doomed to fail
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/aducanumab-alzheimers-fda-soluble-amyloid
In a study of the controversial drug aducanumab, cognitive decline tracked something other than high levels of amyloid plaques
