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Get a spine!
This may not be news to the rest of the world…but it’s news to me and might be news to you. I learned this morning from Professor Günther Zupanc that a teleost fish can grow a new backbone if you cut...
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We love babies!
Last week we had a couple of visitors to the communications office — a colleague out on maternity leave and her beautiful new baby girl. When they arrived sounds of “ooohs” and “ahhs” started echoing...
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Why spite?
A yellow-rumped caciques. Photo by Thinkstock. Spite, in the words of Merriam and Webster, is “the desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.” But I like this definition better: “Spite [is] the shady...
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Making whoopee, coral style
Pocillopora damicornis is one of the most commonly studied coral species on the planet. Photo by David Combosch. When it comes to making babies, most species pick a strategy and stick with it. Humans,...
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The dark side of fair play
We often think of playing fair as an altruistic behavior. We’re sacrificing our own potential gain to give others what they deserve. What could be more selfless than that? But new research from...
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New research sheds light on microbes’ evolution
Two Northeastern University researchers and their international colleague have created an advanced model aimed at exploring the role of neutral evolution in the biogeographic distribution of ocean...
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Biology graduate student Meredith Doellman and faculty researchers from Northeastern’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Mass., have discovered that a specific species of snail has a much more complex...
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