It is actually very metal Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal. Scorpions are armed with dual […]
Category: Biology
Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids
Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid. The genetic code is […]
Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs
On top of that, when analyzing the beaks, the team noticed a distinct pattern. The wear wasn’t uniform. The right […]
Meet Bruce, the “beak-jousting” parrot
Bruce lost his upper beak in an accident when he was very young. Ximena Nelson The key to Bruce’s success […]
OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
To address LLMs’ tendencies toward sycophancy and overenthusiasm, OpenAI says it has tuned the model to be more skeptical, so […]
Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals
Even those factors might not have been sufficient, but the authors also identified three possible catalysts. In 2014, five adult […]
Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones
A receptor that’s used to find prey is also activated by progesterone. A two-spot octopus in its normal habitat. Credit: […]
New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian
The fossils, such as this oddity, consist of carbon-rich material in very old sediment deposits. Credit: Gaorong Li & Xiaodong […]
Explanation for why we don’t see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails
Like a bug on a wind screen Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen. Imagine one of these, […]
The science of how fireflies stay in sync
Skip to content Engineers have uncovered the mathematical rules fireflies follow to sync up their flashes. Scientists have discovered that […]