#Biology

Language shapes our thinking – in science as well as in everyday life. That is why we urgently need to re-think outdated concepts and terms such as “good genes”, says Psychology professor Claus-Christian Carbon.

Biofluorescent fur, first observed in marsupials, then in placentals, has now been discovered in the monotreme platypus. This indicates that biofluorescence is all over the mammalian family tree. However, researchers are still questioning the reasons behind it.