CHEMISTRY

Dogs Know Whether or Not to Trust Humans, Says Science

This experiment either proves that dogs can spot a liar or that dogs have major trust issues. Dogs can smell fear, but can they sniff out the truth? Your dog might actually be smarter than you're giving it credit for.

Making Natural Products in an Unnatural Way

The team have been able to create a synthetic metabolic pathway that will allow scientists to access these essential compounds in a controlled and efficient way

The Immunity of the Chinese Brake Fern to Toxic Arsenic

Key proteins keep the heavy metal from wreaking havoc on the way to its cellular jail cell. Pteris vittata, commonly known variously as the Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, or simply ladder brake, is a fern species in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.

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