Dozens of animals, some on land but many in the ocean, can produce light within their bodies through chemical reactions. Scientists are still trying to understand when and why this trait developed.
In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
Travis Nemkov, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
An elite athlete’s metabolism mostly looks different from a patient with COVID-19 − but their occasional similarities can reveal important insights into health and disease.
The habitats used throughout the halibut’s life and the movements between them are difficult to characterize.
(Charlotte Gauthier)
Robots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and snakes could move around obstacles faster, thanks to an idea called mechanical intelligence.
Handshakes between glycans are one way cells recognize each other.
Kelvin Anggara
While NASA rovers on the surface of Mars look for hints of life, researchers back on Earth are studying ‘echoes of life’ from ancient basins – hoping that the two sites might be similar.
A multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling a light at night.
Samuel Fabian