masataka sasabe, Author at It Ain't Magic

Stolen genes used for parasitic mind control

Parasitic horsehair worms evolved to control their praying mantis hosts by stealing their genes (horizontal gene transfer).

A simple chemical reaction allows hydrogen-carrying ammonia to be stored and retrieved cheaply and easily.

The key to this remote-controllable cyborg cockroach is a solar-cell rechargeable battery and an ultrathin flexible backpack.

Humans team-up with a robotic AI to speed up experiments to find the best way to regrow damaged eye tissue from stem cells.

A completely unknown type of cell death called “erebosis” has been discovered in the guts of the common fruit fly.

Cancer drugs assembled inside the body on cancer cells should reduce harmful side effects to other tissue.