What’s happening when our joints crack?
Will we get arthritis like our parents used to tell us?
We’ve all had the experience of standing up and hearing a loud pop in our back or hip, or trying to tiptoe through th...
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Spotting Australian animal bones with collagen
Collagen is the protein making waves in animal archaeology.
How do scientists determine which animal a bone has come from? When it’s large or recent, the bone’s shape and DNA ca...
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Stem cells could be key to osteoporosis treatment
Researchers find a way to rejuvenate isolated bone marrow stem cells, paving the way for possible...
Aging stem cells might hold clues for treating osteoporosis, according to new research.As we get old, our bones b...
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How animals grow teeth, claws, and other pointy parts
Scientists reveal a new, simple law of nature.
Have you ever wondered how pointed shapes are made in nature, like animal teeth and horns? Australian scientists have...
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Grown bone
Most life-like bone organoid to date.
Put away your Skele-gro, because growing new bones might be the realm of science, not magic.Researchers at Eindho...
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Conversation
Who owns the bones?
Exploring the issues around human fossils.
All humans alive today can claim a common ancestral link to some hominin. Hominins include modern humans, extinct hum...
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Old bones get pigeons back in the air
Veterinary researchers create natural pins for wing repair.
The veterinary clinic at Iran’s Shiraz University treats both wild and companion birds with fractured wings or legs. ...
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World’s oldest known tsunami victim
Bone fragments could provide clues to surviving calamities.
A partial human skull found in 1929 on the north coast of Papua New Guinea could belong to the world's oldest known t...
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Ancient Deep Skull
Still holds big surprises 60 years after it was unearthed.
Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of modern humans left Africa to embark on a journey that would eventually take ...
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How to date a Russian cave lion
The oldest bone sample to be reliably carbon dated is 61,000 years old. Viviane Richter reports.
A reproduction of the now extinct Russian cave lion, Panthera leo spelaea. – Markus Matzel / ullstein bild via Getty ...
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A new underwater glue inspired by mussels
Molecule could be used to repair ships and broken bones.
Superglue needs clean, dry surfaces to work. Yet mussels can hold fast to wet rocks treacherously slicked with sea s...
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Finding traces of life in dinosaur bones
Scientists uncover how dinosaurs evolved into birds.
Until now, dinosaur fossils imprinted with soft tissue remains have been rare and highly prized. But a new study sugg...