Recent research shows that our bodies are home to microbes unlike anything science has encountered before – some so alien that they are rewriting the tree of life. Image: ibmphoto24
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Many argue that the innovations in medical education now being explored at places like UTRGV are on a scale rarely seen. “I think there is something of a medical education revolution occurring at the moment,” says Jane Moore, who teaches obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Oxford in the UK. Image: mallix
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A study published on 4 April in Scientific Reports suggests that at least some modern housecats can distinguish their names from similar-sounding words, although they register recognition with the merest twitch of the head or ear. Image: Eugene Morozov
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A fossil site in North Dakota records a stunningly detailed picture of the devastation minutes after an asteroid slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago, a group of paleontologists argue in a paper due out this week. Image: MaropengSA
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The iconic sarsen stones at Stonehenge were erected some 4500 years ago. Within a few centuries the site became a memorial to a vanished people. By then, almost every Briton had been wiped out by incomers. It isn’t clear exactly why they disappeared so rapidly. But a picture of the people who replaced them is emerging. Image: -Jeffrey-
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