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Category: Biology
Did the snowball Earth give complex life a boost?
Life is complex But when new minerals made their way to the water, what did they actually do? Cycle throughout […]
Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark
Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers […]
Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey
Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal […]
AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
Skip to content Enzyme mechanisms can be complex, and getting them to work is tricky. Enzymes are amazing catalysts. These […]
If it moves, it’s probably alive: Searching for life on other planets
The search for extraterrestrial life has always been a key motivator of space exploration. But if we were to search […]
Parrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers
There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose. Hardly […]
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
A lot of human society requires what’s called a “theory of mind”—the ability to infer the mental state of another […]
Let us spray: River dolphins launch pee streams into air
According to Amazonian folklore, the area’s male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night into handsome young men who […]
Stem cells used to partially repair damaged hearts
Skip to content Patches of stem-cell-derived heart muscle improve damaged hearts. When we developed the ability to convert various cells […]