Nala Rogers
Science Writer and Editor at Freelance
Science journalist covering life and environmental sciences. She/Her.
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5 days ago |
blog.sciencenet.cn | Nala Rogers |Jon Cohen |Nazeefa Ahmed |Mitch Leslie
Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)1. Culture literally changes how we see the worldWhere city dwellers see rectangles, people who live in round huts see circles 20 Jun 2025 By Nala Rogers2. Always ‘one atom away’: The long, rocky journey to an HIV prevention breakthroughDeveloping lenacapavir, the drug newly approved to protect against HIV for six months in one shot, took basic science, sophisticated chemistry, and perseverance 20 Jun 2025 By Jon Cohen3.
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1 week ago |
science.org | Nala Rogers
Himba people from rural Namibia can see right through optical illusions that trick people from the United States and United Kingdom. Even when there’s no “right” or “wrong” way to interpret an image, what Himba people see is often vastly different from what people see in industrialized societies, a new preprint suggests.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
audubon.org | Nala Rogers
Naturalists have long been puzzled to find shed snakeskin in bird nests, often tucked right under the eggs. Now, new research has finally confirmed the purpose behind the odd décor: The scaly leavings serve as predator repellent for cavity-nesting birds, scaring their enemies away and ensuring more of the eggs survive.
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Nov 24, 2024 |
snexplores.org | Nala Rogers
biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. catapult: A device for throwing or flinging something into the air. ecologist: A scientist who works in a branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. evolutionary biologist: Someone who studies the adaptive processes that have led to the diversity of life on Earth.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
sciencenews.org | Nala Rogers |Darren Incorvaia |Jake Buehler |Anna Gibbs
Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? H. macrantha flowers have both male and female reproductive organs. To avoid mating with themselves, individual flowers go through a male phase and then a female phase. They rely on hummingbirds to transfer pollen between flowers, bribing the birds with rewards of sweet nectar (SN: 3/2/15).
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My latest for Alzforum. Study might finally explain why the ApoE gene has such a big effect on Alzheimer's disease. The high-risk E4 variant clogs up cells’ garbage disposal systems with toxic waste. E2 doesn’t do that because it is trapped outside cells. https://t.co/Z73D8QjZ4b
Birds use snakeskin as predator repellent. My first story for Audubon magazine! https://t.co/n5tnP37Y0Y
Genes that gave humans our unique social and linguistic abilities may also be responsible for forms of dementia that destroy those same abilities. Delighted to share my first story for @alzforum https://t.co/bBmBEhB91O