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Stinkbug Leg Organ Hosts Symbiotic Fungi That Protect Eggs from Parasitic

Stinkbug Leg Organ Hosts Symbiotic Fungi That Protect Eggs from Parasitic

In an astonishing discovery that redefines our understanding of insect anatomy and symbiosis, researchers have uncovered a unique fungal nursery hidden within the hindlegs of female dinidorid stinkbugs, challenging the long-held assumption that these structures served as auditory organs. Traditionally, the conspicuously enlarged surface on the hindleg of female dinidorid stinkbugs has been identified as a tympanal organ—an evolutionary adaptation …

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Scientists create human eggs via in vitro gametogenesis : NPR

Scientists create human eggs via in vitro gametogenesis : NPR

This image shows a human egg after its original DNA has been replaced with DNA from an adult skin cell. Mitalipov laboratory hide caption toggle caption Mitalipov laboratory Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would …

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All the Easter eggs we saw at the Taylor Swift Spotify pop-up

All the Easter eggs we saw at the Taylor Swift Spotify pop-up

Taylor Swift; Spotify Swifties, get ready to step into the life of a showgirl. Spotify is celebrating Taylor Swift’s new album with a three-day activation at High Line Nine in New York City, and it’s free and open to all fans from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 — the day before the record’s Oct. 3 release date. Page Six got a …

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Scientists Made Human Eggs From Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

Scientists Made Human Eggs From Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

Mitinori Saitou at Kyoto University first documented in 2018 how his team turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed into human eggs, but they were too immature to be fertilized to make embryos. US startups Conception Biosciences, Ivy Natal, Gameto, and Ovelle Bio are all working on making eggs or sperm in a lab. But the …

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Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough | Science

Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough | Science

Researchers have created human eggs from skin cells, potentially transforming IVF treatment for couples who have no other options. The work is at an early stage but if scientists can perfect the process it would provide genetically related eggs for women who are infertile because of older age, illness or medical treatment. The same procedure could be used to make …

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Taylor Swift’s $6,000 ‘Showgirl’ Look Contains ‘Reputation’ Easter Eggs

Taylor Swift’s ,000 ‘Showgirl’ Look Contains ‘Reputation’ Easter Eggs

Taylor Swift continued to spark fan theories that Life of a Showgirl will include some nods to Reputation during her latest appearance. In a video shared on Saturday, September 20, the “Karma” singer paired her Life of a Showgirl-coded orange top with so many Reputation Easter eggs. Her Versace watch appeared to be a reference to both albums, suggesting a …

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