- A male spider performing a dance to impress his lady
and he was successful
1,128 points63 comments6 d ago
- There's a protein walking inside your cells right now. This is kinesin, in 3D
Kinesin is a motor protein that carries cargo along microtubules, the tracks inside your cells. Each step is 8 nanometers and burns one molecule of ATP. In nerve cells some of these trips go from...
811 points45 comments4 d ago
- Have you ever seen a pill millipede?
660 points50 comments2 d ago
- Single-celled Stentor coeruleus eats two multicellular rotifers
323 points10 comments4 d ago
- Devils Hole pupfish population rebounds to 137 after crashing to just 20 individuals in 2025
311 points16 comments2 d ago
- i cant read atp without saying adenosine triphosphate
for context, highschool biology has absolutely ruined me. I'm graduating soon and geez... I get a text saying: "atp i should just drop out" (translation: AT THIS POINT i should just drop out) and...
288 points43 comments6 d ago
- A jumping spider's molting process
and she was successful
156 points8 comments4 d ago
- The Smallest Creature You've Never Seen
What does one of the smallest animals on the planet look like under a microscope? 🔬 Quinten Geldhof, also known as Microhobbyist, zooms in on the gastrotrich. This creature is smaller than many...
80 points4 comments2 d ago
- Babies made from stem cells. Same sex couples with no donors. This is the future of fertility
31 points25 comments1 d ago
- Why Do Nose Bumps Exist?
I’ve also heard them called dorsal humps. Genuinely curious here! I understand the reasoning behind having a wider nose and/or nostrils due to heat and air intake, but don’t understand why some...
25 points17 comments6 d ago