It was one small fall for a tetrapod, but it signals one giant leap for tetrapod kind. A broken leg bone pushes back the emergence of our four-legged ancestors from water on to land by at least 2 million years. Image: 2015 Bishop et al.
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The world’s first “heavy” mice have already begun to pull their weight. The rodents, which are fed on a diet containing heavier forms of some chemical elements, were dreamed up to allow researchers to grow tissue in the lab that is less likely to be rejected by the body. Image: Nils J.
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Silk is tougher than it looks. Weight for weight, the shiny stuff is as strong as steel when stretchedMovie Camera – and now it seems it can also be fashioned into screws so tough that they can cut through bone. Image: bthomso
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Radioisotopes have ’em, and apparently so does DNA. A study of bones from New Zealand’s extinct Moas suggests the double helix has a measurable half-life. Its length indicates that we have underestimated DNA’s ability to survive in the fossil record. Image: M. Allentoft
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Synthetic bone joints could work more smoothly at higher pressures than the natural joints they...
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Could you strengthen bones and speed up recovery after fractures and breaks simply by removing...
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