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09/15/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Getting enough sleep is a no brainer; even jellyfish rest to regenerate, study finds

As strange as this may sound, scientists still don’t know why we sleep. Certainly there are medical benefits to rest; cells regenerate and the mind is allowed to process new information, among other things. Yet, from an evolutionary point of view, sleeping makes no sense. For one thing, it makes creatures more vulnerable to predators. […]

08/15/2018 / By David Williams

Scientists develop “synthetic bioluminescent molecules” to make cells glow bright enough to be seen from outside the human body

Thanks to science, humans have been able to mimic the characteristics of many different animals. One example of this is human flight, which was made possible by drawing inspiration from the movement of birds, first and foremost. Now a team of Japanese researchers wants to take inspiration from fireflies and jellyfish by unlocking bioluminescence in […]

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