Tag: naked mole rat

  • Nation & World

    Survival of the selfless

    In a talk sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, biologist E.O. Wilson said that competition among groups of humans is a likely explanation for the rise of altruistic behavior in individuals.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cancer clues from another species

    Researchers have decoded the genome of an unlikely ally in the fight against cancer and aging, the naked mole rat, to find clues on why it resists the disease and lives 10 times as long as ordinary mice.

    3 minutes