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Biology
6 articles
Wolbachia: the bacterium that bends sex and kills males
Wolbachia infects half the world's insects and hijacks their reproduction: it feminizes males, kills them off, and is now used to stop dengue.
The Democracy of Bees
The democracy of bees is real: through the waggle dance, the hive votes on its new home, proving group decisions beat the queen's command.
Your Next Hard Drive Will Be Made of DNA!
Scientists already stored video, books, and a GIF inside DNA, and one gram could hold 215 petabytes: your next hard drive may be biological.
How to catch a swarm of melipon bees, also called "stingless bees".
How to catch a swarm of stingless melipona bees, which lack a sting but bite fiercely, plus what meliponiculture beginners must know first.
How to catch swarms of wild bees, without getting hurt?
How to catch a swarm of wild bees without getting hurt, where the real trick is making absolutely sure you have captured the queen first.
Dangerous pharmaceutical patents and the most hated man in the world. Are we turning to generic drugs?
Pharmaceutical patents explain why a forest plant that cures can never beat a lab-made pill, and why Martin Shkreli became the world's most hated man.