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The biodiversity blind spot in corporate sustainability could threaten ecosystems and hide opportunities for future innovation Continue reading on Medium »
Subtítulo: E se a evolução não for apenas sobre sobrevivência, mas sobre um sistema computacional que encapsula a história em camadas de… Continue reading on Medium »
Photo by Meggyn Pomerleau on Unsplash Continue reading on AMIEIANS [Find Your Voice] »
You never knew you actually wondered, did you? Continue reading on The Story Well »
Suggesting that ADHD is a Myth is Pseudoscientific and Dangerous* Continue reading on Medium »
C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his visionary ideas. The post How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
An ecosystem is not a list of organisms living in the same place. It is a network of relationships. Remove one participant, and the… Continue reading on Medium »
Act I: The Reflection in the Elevator Mirror Continue reading on ILLUMINATION »
It was extremely difficult to find food after the asteroid collided with Earth, triggering the extinction event that wiped out the… Continue reading on Medium »
Greenland sharks are the longest-lived known vertebrate animals and indeed age very slowly. We don’t know that much about them yet, but we… Continue reading on Medium »
The largest land mammal that has ever lived, Paraceratherium, shown below alongside a T. Continue reading on Medium »
The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
Planets can have various densities. There is a small range of sizes that can have a similar strength of gravity on the surface. These are… Continue reading on Medium »
Most of us spend a decent amount of time grooming, trimming, or completely removing our pubic hair without ever really asking why it’s… Continue reading on Medium »
A kimchi microbe helped mice poop out twice as much nanoplastic, and human gut bacteria hoard forever chemicals. Here’s what the science… Continue reading on Microbial Instincts »
A useful picture of AI-assisted science is emerging. Models search, scientists choose, and experiments get the final vote. Continue reading on Tech and AI Guild »
It's possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.
Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time. The post Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain’s Inner Workings first appeared on Quanta Magazine
From 19-hour days in the Middle Proterozoic to 372-day years in the Cretaceous, geological records reveal how Earth’s rotation has changed… Continue reading on Palaeopress »
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
By: Nicholas Gabel (Owner of MycoFlora LLC) Continue reading on Medium »
Every day, we breathe, walk, work, and consume on the big blue marble we call Earth. Continue reading on The Environment »
Monkey see, monkey do… something is doing something, the monkey is observing, the monkey may decide to replicate the actions. Continue reading on Medium »
Lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes may live far longer than previously thought. A new study suggests that some large individuals could… Continue reading on Medium »
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Continue reading on Medium »
The Ozone Hole and the Power of Global Cooperation Continue reading on Medium »
A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.
Humans tend to dismiss things they cannot perceive as “non-existent.” Continue reading on Medium »
Peptide research often involves a deceptively simple question: how can researchers evaluate many different peptide sequences without… Continue reading on Medium »
Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk. The post How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The scale and the mirror don’t tell the story Continue reading on Medium »
What a small ribozyme can and cannot pass on Continue reading on Medium »
Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures.
This new hydrogel kills bacteria in the infected phase, then flips to repair mode, and it’s changing how we think about chronic wound care. Continue reading on Medium »
A pond sits in my back garden. It’s not, by any means, large or vast, but neither is it meagre. Its crystalline surface lies calm… Continue reading on Medium »
Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
In February 1951, a doctor at Johns Hopkins took a small sample from a dying woman’s tumor. Continue reading on Medium »
O AlphaGenome Atlas transforma um modelo científico em infraestrutura consultável — e muda o gargalo entre cálculo e experimento. Continue reading on Medium »
The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure.
From prehistoric cave art to chimpanzees and macaques, pareidolia reveals an ancient and surprisingly complex interaction between… Continue reading on Sharing Science »
Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works. The post Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The answer is simple. Yes, bread contains ethanol. Continue reading on Medium »
La réponse est toute faite. Oui, il y a de l’éthanol dans le pain. Continue reading on Medium »
How the last woolly mammoths survived thousands of years in isolation — and what their genomes and ancient microbes reveal about their… Continue reading on Sharing Science »
How a simple question about styling products gradually changed the way I think about cleansing. Continue reading on Medium »
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