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- On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07095-8 6 comments
- Scientists have traced human tail loss to a short sequence of genetic code https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/world/humans-tails-genetic-mutation-junk-dna-scn/index.html 232 comments
- How Humans Lost Their Tail, Twice http://www.livescience.com/57101-how-humans-lost-their-tail.html 3 comments science
- Humans with tails. Creationists-please explain. http://www.dimaggio.org/eye-openers/tails_in_humans.htm 31 comments reddit.com
- A newly discovered genetic mutation helped eliminate the tails of human ancestors https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-humans-lost-their-tails/ 204 comments science
- This robotic tail gives humans key abilities that evolution took away https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/robotic-tail-gives-humans-key-abilities-evolution-took-away-ncna1041431 7 comments nottheonion
- Scientists Build an Artificial Biomimicry-Inspired Tail Just for Humans https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-build-an-artificial-biomimicry-inspired-tail-just-for-humans 4 comments nottheonion
- Halloween decorations mistaken for human remains in Otter Tail County https://www.valleynewslive.com/2024/10/31/halloween-decorations-mistaken-human-remains-otter-tail-county/?outputType=amp 3 comments nottheonion
- The secrets of gecko tails could help heal human spine injuries https://www.popsci.com/gecko-tail-regeneration 3 comments science
- Nationalism: The Science and the Senselessness - Nationalism is as useful to humans as their tail. https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/02/26/hindu-nationalism-modi-patriotism-vasudhaiva-kutumbakam 3 comments india
- A rat is less likely to help a trapped companion if it is with other rats that aren’t helping, according to new research that showed the social psychological theory of the “bystander effect” in humans is present in these long-tailed rodents https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/uchicago-study-shows-bystander-effect-not-exclusive-to-humans 12 comments science
- Scientists Have Figured Out How Lizards Regrow Their Tails, And That's Good News For Humans http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5694899?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 3 comments science
- Tyrannosaurus rex walked as slowly as a human, and may have used its tail as a suspension system https://massivesci.com/notes/dinosaur-trex-biomechanics-walking-suspension/ 49 comments science
- From humans to black-tailed prairie dogs, female mammals often outlive males – but for birds, the reverse is true. Now a new study reveals that having two copies of the same sex chromosome is associated with having a longer lifespan, suggesting the second copy offers a protective effect. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0867 3 comments science
- Mutation that gives bulldogs, French bulldogs and Boston terriers kinked tails linked to human Robinow syndrome https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/bulldogs%E2%80%99-screw-tails-linked-human-genetic-disease 3 comments science
- Japan introduces the "Shippo" - Human tail that reflects your mood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LchnmnAxAgE 72 comments technology
- New study is the first to discover the type of stem cell that is behind the gecko’s ability to regrow its tail, a finding that has implications for spinal cord treatment in humans. https://news.uoguelph.ca/2017/11/geckostail/ 71 comments science
- Now there is a new hope for human beings to regrow their lost limbs just like lizard's tail http://www.nexpected.com/2013/06/new-hope-to-regrow-our-cut-limbs-just.html 294 comments science
- Rat Mind-Control Experiment Shows Human Brain Can Wiggle Rodent's Tail (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/rat-mind-control-experiment-human-brain-rodent-tail_n_3046860.html?utm_hp_ref=brain 3 comments science
- Dogs may wag their tails so much due to rhythm-loving humans, suggests new study, which hypothesise that tail wagging behaviour may have been selected for during domestication process between 15,000 and 50,000 years ago because humans are attracted to rhythmic stimuli. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/17/dogs-wag-tails-behaviour-humans-domestication-process 41 comments science
- White-tailed deer across Ohio have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, a new study found – and viral variants evolve about 3 times faster in deer than in humans. Genomic analysis showed about 30 infections in deer had been introduced by humans – a figure that surprised researchers. https://news.osu.edu/covid-19-virus-is-evolving-rapidly-in-white-tailed-deer/ 496 comments science
- A new study has found cases of COVID-19 spreading from deer to humans, and back, multiple times. Other viruses can continue to persist in the deer population even after the variants have become rare in humans and are now calling for large-scale surveillance of white-tailed deer https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39782-x 54 comments science
- Researchers find humans have given wild animals their diseases nearly 100 times. Study described nearly 100 different cases where diseases have undergone "spillback" from humans to wild animals, much like how SARS-CoV-2 has spread in mink farms, lions and tigers in zoos, and wild white-tailed deer. https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304845&from=news&org=NSF 15 comments science
- A true human tail in neonate - The purpose of this article is to present a case report of a newborn male, 35 weeks old, with a real human tail, a description of the diagnostic and therapeutic approach used in the case, and the postoperative follow-up. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621000233 15 comments science
- Aided by stem cells, a lizard regenerates a perfect tail for first time in more than 250 million years: Experiment helps inform efforts to improve wound-healing in humans -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211014141958.htm 41 comments futurology
- Researchers have identified a benign tumor found in a 60-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur tail as part of the pathology of LCH (Langerhans cell histiocytosis), a rare and sometimes painful disease that still afflicts humans, particularly children under the age of 10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59192-z 87 comments science
- Researchers at keio university in japan have developed a robotic tail that humans can wear to improve balance. Called ‘arque’, it was inspired by the way animals passively use their own tails to improve mobility by shifting their center of gravity https://www.designboom.com/technology/arque-robotic-tail-keio-university-08-07-2019/ 10 comments science
- Bulldogs' screw tails linked to human genetic disease. From more than 12 million individual differences researchers were able to identify one mutation, in a gene called DISHEVELLED 2 or DVL2. This variant was found in 100 percent of the bulldogs and French bulldogs sampled. https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/bulldogs%E2%80%99-screw-tails-linked-human-genetic-disease 4 comments science
- Paralyzed rats with complete spinal cord transaction implanted with engineered tissue containing human stem cells were able to regain fine motor control, walking pattern and sensory perception in their hind legs and tail. The implanted rats also show some degree of healing in their spinal cords. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2017.00589/full 10 comments science
- Tail amputation in pigs appears to evoke acute and sustained changes in peripheral mechanical sensitivity, which resemble features of neuropathic pain reported in humans and other species and provides new information on implications for the welfare of animals subjected to this type of injury. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05404-y 15 comments science
- Scientists have found that the genes that enable regenerating animals to grow back a severed tail or repair damaged tissues also exist in humans. The key difference might not lie in the genes themselves but in the sequences that regulate how those genes are activated during injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-04-uncovers-genetic-elements-regeneration.html 5 comments science
- Parasitic gene uses tail to "jump" into the middle of an unsuspecting healthy gene. Other genetic parasites like it are responsible for about 1 in every 250 disease-producing mutations in humans. The findings could help lead to new strategies for inhibiting the movement of the parasite. http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201511/grabbing-parasite-tail-u-m-team-solves-jumping-gene-mystery 9 comments science
- How lizards regenerate their tails - Researchers discover genetic 'recipe': By understanding the secret of how lizards regenerate their tails, researchers may be able to develop ways to stimulate the regeneration of limbs in humans https://asunews.asu.edu/20140820-lizard-tail-regeneration 704 comments science
- Understanding how lizards shed and regrow their tails could lead to muscle and nerve regeneration in humans, say scientists. Researchers have identified a genetic programme that triggers new tissue growth after a lizard sacrifices its tail to escape a predator. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-discover-how-lizards-regrow-tails-9681841.html 4 comments science
- Bionic Turtle: Yu Chan, a Loggerhead turtle, lost parts of two flippers and a tail from a shark attack. In Japan, a company that usually makes prosthetics for humans made artificial flippers for Yu Chan. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/yu-chan-bionic-turtle-video.html 5 comments science