Articles of interest from across the scientific community.
Albeit eight lives poorer, humans have a genome remarkably similar to the cat’s. End to end mapping of the feline’s genome is gathering pace …
Ancient cultures buried long ago could offer new perspectives on surviving climate catastrophe …
The venom of Fraser Island funnel spiders contains a molecule that can help recovery from heart attacks by interrupting a death signal …
Borgs are a novel extrachromosomal element that can assimilate genes from microorganisms in their environment. Highly illogical, indeed …
The Very Large Telescope in Chile has spotted the musterings of new moons. These findings will be verified by the Extremely Large Telescope …
Change of plan? The climate crisis and the ongoing pandemic have put planned economies back on the menu, but which model fits? …
Hot and bothered scientists cannot accurately predict heatwaves, as their models grossly underestimate the frequency of phenomenal heat …
Dogs and tricks: East German corporate practices remain influenced by USSR propaganda, in contrast to their western compatriots …
On the way to understanding life’s building blocks, the AlphaFold AI system has released more than 350,000 protein structure predictions …
The Danish language is singularly complex. With few consonants to guide them, children are slow to speak and need context to understand …
Rechargeable, microrobot swimmers have been created using oil, water, and a detergent-like substance to investigate how tiny organisms interact …
With the old breed … In memoriam: Steven Weinberg, one of the great minds of twentieth-century physics leaves behind an awe-inspiring legacy …
Converting methane, the primary component of natural gas, to methanol is crucial to our energy future. The first steps have now been made …
To find out if asteroids brought water to Earth, one must calculate how much water there is on Earth. Easy for the oceans. Not so for the mantle …
Meditating machines: Computer science often draws on popular trends in psychology. Could mindfulness be applied to computers? …
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