Clearly, bats are able to find the right apoptosis balance. Humans also have p53, but mutations in the gene—which disrupt its anti-cancer properties—exist in around 50% of human cancers.

More information: Fathima Athar et al, Limited cell-autonomous anticancer mechanisms in long-lived bats, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59403-z ...

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Tropical bats learn to “eavesdrop” on their prey over time to help distinguish between tasty and toxic frogs, a new analysis suggests. The study looked at fringe-lipped bats that range from ...

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If you've got bats in your attic, now's the time to get them out. Bats can be safely removed from buildings without a permit from April 1 to May 15 in Ohio. Four bat species are endangered in the ...

Bats can consume their body weight in insects each night, which can mean up to 1,500 mosquitoes or similar-sized insects. They also help control pests that can damage crops and forests.

Yet, the team found that these bats have surprisingly few collisions. Studying bats by the thousands isn’t easy. At first, “we could only record the bat from the ground,” Yovel says.

The thing is, the torpedo design is not the first change to baseball bats. They didn’t just arrive on the scene in the 19th century looking like they do today — it took years and years, well ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. "They're absolutely good for baseball," Manfred ...

Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: "Nothing to see here!" ...