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(Image: Ryan Gaudet)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gold-neutrophil-binding-ngo_cropped.jpgGold neutrophil binding Ngo_croppedA scanning electron micrograph showing Neisseria gonorrheae bacteria (blue) infecting a type of human immune cell called a neutrophil (gold). (Image: Ryan Gaudet) 2022-10-20T01:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/07/31/how-to-make-rice-better-for-you-and-the-environment/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2796902831_546d83f4af_o.jpg2796902831_546d83f4af_oRice paddies like this one near Chiang Mai, Thailand are contributing to the buildup of methane in the atmosphere. (Credit: Esteban Chiner. CC BY 2.0)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2889140143_bf72c7f571_o.jpg2889140143_bf72c7f571_oCredit: Rob & Dani (CC BY 2.0)2015-12-01T18:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2014/12/24/rethinking-cholera-treatment-is-rice-a-better-option/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/water-sanitation-screen-shot-2013-07-22-at-5-39-15-pm.pngWater-Sanitation-Screen-shot-2013-07-22-at-5.39.15-PMhttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rehydrationsalts.jpgrehydrationsaltshttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cholera-bed.jpgcholera bed2015-11-17T16:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/15/deworming-treatments-and-microbial-infections-good-for-you-not-so-good-for-everyone-else/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/serengeti_bueffel1.jpgSerengeti_Bueffel1An African buffalo (Source)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hookworms.jpgHookwormsHookworms attached to the intestinal wall. (Source)2015-11-17T16:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/10/04/saving-brains-malaria-in-pregnancy-leads-to-cognitive-deficits-in-offspring/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lab-tororo-uganda.jpgLab Tororo UgandaThe laboratory in the antenatal clinic in Tororo, Uganda (Credit: Chloe McDonald)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p1220078.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2015-11-17T16:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/11/16/asymptomatic-humans-can-transmit-the-dengue-virus-to-mosquitoes/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dengue-virus-particles-that-were-revealed-in-this-tissue-specimen-555x544.jpgdengue-virus-particles-that-were-revealed-in-this-tissue-specimen-555x544https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/aedes_aegypti_resting_position_e-a-goeldi_1905.jpgAedes_aegypti_resting_position_E-A-Goeldi_19052015-11-17T20:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/09/23/phages-fight-back-how-anti-crisprs-interfere-with-the-bacterial-immune-system/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jbd37.jpgJBD37A transmission electron micrograph of phage JBD37. This phage does not contain an anti-CRISPR and is targeted by the CRISPR-Cas system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (Credit: Joe Bondy-Denomy) XpixCal=3.36 YpixCal=3.36 Unit=nm ##fv3https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jbd93-cscl-7_2.jpgAMT Camera System02/05/1010:57600002.80jbd93, cscl #7A transmission electron micrograph of phage JBD93, which contains an anti-CRISPR gene. (Credit: Joe Bondy-Denomy)2015-11-16T21:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/11/08/resistance-to-plant-toxins-in-milkweed-butterflies-is-linked-to-toxin-storage-for-defense/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3958194635_1b19703269_o.jpg3958194635_1b19703269_oThe common crow butterfly does not store cardenolides from the milkweed as a caterpillar. (Credit: Ajith Kumar. CC BY 2.0)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/4974688202_36f91b5500_o.jpg4974688202_36f91b5500_oA monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweed (Credit: OakleyOriginals. CC BY 2.0)2015-11-09T20:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/09/12/less-toxic-staph-cause-more-severe-disease/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/8436193898_ce1acc5bb9_k.jpg8436193898_ce1acc5bb9_kA scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and dead human immune cells. (Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. CC BY 2.0)2015-09-13T00:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/08/26/a-ripple-effect-skipping-a-single-exon-in-ptbp1-leads-to-changes-in-splicing-and-neural-differentiation/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/stones-76525_1280.jpgstones-76525_1280https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/3196258633_23f3522632_o.jpg3196258633_23f3522632_oPhoto by Peter Grima (CC by 2.0)2015-09-08T00:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/09/04/bacteria-from-tobacco-plant-roots-provide-protection-against-sudden-wilt-disease/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nicotiana_attenuata_usda_002_crop.jpgNicotiana_attenuata_USDA_002_cropThe wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata (Credit: USDA)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/9510416872_44db4e1600_k.jpg9510416872_44db4e1600_kA tobacco field in Tennessee (Credit: ajgarrison3. CC BY 2.0)2017-09-13T20:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/07/09/science-with-friends-on-sexes-and-reproduction/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/16196402348_078d32de7a_o.jpg16196402348_078d32de7a_o(Image: Praveer Sharma)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/16613587232_e31a4e548f_o.jpg16613587232_e31a4e548f_o[Image: Praveer Sharma]https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/praveer.jpgpraveer2015-09-02T20:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/08/14/for-fruit-flies-sleep-deprivation-leads-to-less-aggression-and-less-sex/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/15842201129_0a7ad26e40_k.jpg15842201129_0a7ad26e40_kThe common fruit fly - a small but mighty model organism for studying behaviour. (Credit: NASA)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fruit-fly-fight.jpgfruit fly fightTwo male fruit flies fighting over territorial. The fly on the right, with its wings erect, has adopted a threatening posture. (Credit: Robin, Daborn and Hoffman. 2007. Trends in Genetics, 23(2):51-54)2015-08-14T19:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/07/20/hold-your-breath-carbon-dioxide-triggers-exploratory-behaviour-in-mosquitoes-to-help-find-hosts/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1024px-postcard_mosquito_net_to_be_worn_as_a_veil-_wellcome_l0011629.jpg1024px-Postcard;_mosquito_net_to_be_worn_as_a_veil._Wellcome_L0011629Mosquito nets used to be worn as veils in the early 20th century. Maybe it's time for mosquito netting to make a fashion comeback. (Credit: Wellcome Library. CC BY 4.0)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mosquito-542156_1280.jpgmosquito-542156_1280A female mosquito feeding on a hapless victim.https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/8412923886_c62c773e54_o.jpgd2623-8A female mosquito feeding on a hapless victim. (Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture. CC BY 2.0) 2015-07-20T20:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/06/20/tit-for-tet-tet3-regulates-neuron-activity-through-epigenetic-changes/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ozsa4_ka.jpegOZsA4_kAhttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-19-at-9-09-12-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-19 at 9.09.12 PMhttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-19-at-9-13-27-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-19 at 9.13.27 PM2016-06-25T05:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/06/07/looking-back-in-time-newly-discovered-debris-ring-could-shed-light-on-early-solar-system/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hd115600.jpgHD115600Image of the star HD 115600 (position indicated by a cross) with a bright ring of debris orbiting it. (Image: Thayne Currie) 2015-06-08T02:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/05/23/combining-drugs-with-different-penetration-profiles-can-accelerate-development-of-multidrug-resistance/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/variouspills-crop.jpgSI ExifSI Exifhttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fig-5-modified1.jpgFig 5 modifiedModified from Moreno-Gomez et al. (2015).https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fig-5-modified.jpgFig 5 modifiedhttps://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/variouspills.jpgSI ExifSI Exif2015-05-25T02:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/05/12/why-female-house-finches-prefer-redheads-over-blonds/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/house-finch-illustration_17274_600x450.jpghouse-finch-illustration_17274_600x450Male house finches vary in their colouration from red to yellow. (Image: Diane Pierce, National Geographic)2015-05-12T15:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/04/18/introducing-lassa-vsv-a-hybrid-virus-that-kills-brain-tumours/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vesiculo.jpgvesiculoElectron microscopy image of vesicular stomatitis virus particles (Image: Dr. Frank Fenner)2015-05-05T01:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/04/03/risk-of-congenital-heart-disease-is-determined-by-the-age-of-the-mother-not-her-eggs/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nature14379-f1.jpgnature14379-f1The reciprocal ovarian transplant protocol used in this study (Hitz and Andelfinger, 2015)2015-04-11T12:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/03/21/rethinking-salmonella-from-food-poisoning-culprit-to-cancer-fighting-agent/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bacteria-67659_12801.jpgbacteria-67659_1280https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bacteria-67659_1280.jpgbacteria-67659_12802015-06-03T04:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/03/12/wounded-by-love-snails-struck-by-love-darts-have-lower-survival-and-reproductive-rates/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slide1-e1426213072794.jpgSlide1https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f1-large.jpgF1.large"Shot through the heart and you're to blame, you give love a bad name" In this image of two mating snails, the snail on top shot a love dart through the head of its mating partner. (Credit: Chase and Blanchard, Proc. R. Soc. B (2006) 273, 1471–1475)2015-04-11T12:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/03/03/protecting-crops-by-blocking-insect-genes-the-case-for-rna-interference/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/potato-401388_1920.jpgpotato-401388_1920Left uncontrolled, potato beetles can completely destroy crops.2015-03-03T04:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/02/25/how-whales-lost-their-sense-of-smell-and-taste/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/humpback-whale-436115_1280.jpghumpback-whale-436115_12802015-02-28T02:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/02/13/the-lesser-of-two-evils-e-cigarette-exposure-weakens-anti-bacterial-and-anti-viral-defenses/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/journal-pone-0116861-g001.pngjournal.pone.0116861.g001The experimental set up used to expose mice to e-cigarette vapors (Sussan et al, 2015)2015-02-13T12:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/02/09/between-the-pages-is-gwyneth-paltrow-wrong-about-everything/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9780143194323_0.jpg9780143194323_0Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash. By Timothy Caulfield (Source)2015-02-10T03:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2014/12/30/the-social-network-why-mama-chimps-behave-differently-with-sons-and-daughters/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chimp-group.jpgchimp groupLike humans, chimps are highly social animals that live in communities. (Source)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mother-and-child.jpgMother and childMother chimps play a key role in the development of survival and social skills in their young. (Source)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lego-research-institute.pngLego research instituteThe limited edition Lego Research Institute set featuring female scientists sold out within a day. (Source)2017-05-01T12:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2014/12/31/between-the-pages-missing-microbes/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blaser-and-dr-oz.jpgBlaser and Dr. OZBlaser appearing on the Dr. Oz show to talk about antibiotics and weight gain. (Source)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/book-cover.jpgbook coverMissing Microbes: How the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues. By Martin J. Blaser, MD. (HarperCollins)2015-02-10T03:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/04/killer-fat-cells-help-protect-against-bacterial-infections/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/skin_layers_2.jpgskin_layers_2The skin is an effective barrier against many pathogens. (Source)2015-02-10T03:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/12/more-sex-more-utis-how-timing-affects-your-risk-of-bladder-infection/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chronic-infected-bladder.jpgchronic-infected-bladderScanning electron microscopy of a mouse bladder chronically infected with UPEC (rod shapes). Some UPEC are being eaten by immune cells called neutrophils (bright white round cells). (Source)https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/adherentupec_bladderffde.jpgadherentupec_bladderffdeElectron microscopy of UPEC binding to the surface of the bladder (Source)2015-02-10T03:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/19/animals-can-adapt-but-not-enough-to-stay-ahead-of-climate-change/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014_trend_w-colorbar.png2014_trend_w-colorbarThis map shows how temperatures have changed between 1950 and 2014 in different parts of the world. Orange indicates a rise in temperature. Blue indicates a drop in temperature. (Source)2015-02-10T03:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/22/a-case-of-magnetic-attraction-sea-turtles-use-magnetic-coordinates-to-navigate-to-their-nesting-sites/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/turtle-hatchlings.jpgturtle hatchlingsHaving imprinted on the unique magnetic signature of their birth beach, newly hatched baby sea turtles head to the ocean. (Source)2021-10-09T16:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/01/29/power-down-to-rest-up-light-emitting-tablets-disrupt-sleep-and-melatonin-levels/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/article-0-174fb334000005dc-970_634x418.jpgarticle-0-174FB334000005DC-970_634x418There is nobody else I'd rather lie in bed and look at my tablet next to. (Source)2015-02-10T03:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/02/02/integrating-self-collecting-hpv-dna-testing-with-community-health-worker-programs-increases-cervical-screening-coverage/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/073.jpg073A diagram used to explain self-collecting to target populations in rural China (Source)2015-04-21T00:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.com/2015/02/06/you-are-what-you-eat-new-evidence-shows-that-sea-slugs-carry-algal-gene/https://eatreadscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/52279_580_360.jpg52279_580_360The green sea slug Elysia chlorotica (Source)2015-04-08T07:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://eatreadscience.comdaily1.02023-03-27T19:33:30+00:00