Raccoons will solve puzzles just for fun

Moss helped convict grave robbers of a Chicago cemetery | Silent witness: a moss provides important evidence in solving a cemetery crime

Covid-19 pandemic and vaccination has led to generation of widespread immunity against related sarbecoviruses, creating an immunological barrier to novel sarbecovirus emergence in humans

Python blood could hold the secret to healthy weight loss, it could inform new weight loss therapies that promote satiety without the nausea and muscle loss that can come with existing drugs

Researchers have found the human brain consumes roughly 20% of the body’s total energy, even though it accounts for only about 2% of body weight, This high energy demand is largely due to constant neural activity required for functions like thinking…

New allergy immunotherapy for cross-reactive allergies (food and pollen) based on mRNA and consensus designed allergens

AI cancer tools risk “shortcut learning” rather than detecting true biology

During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal

The types of fats we consume directly impacts the survival and strength of the body’s immune cells and ability to fight disease: diet with a lower ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids makes T cells much more resilient and resistant to cell death

"Scientists discovered that mosquitoes dont just rely on their brains to stop biting,their butt plays a key role too".If researchers can hack this full signal in mosquitoes,we could stop them from biting before they even start feeding and help slow the spread of diseases like Malaria and Dengue.

A comprehensive survey reveals high viral diversity and novel infections in pea and broad bean crops in Yunnan Province, China

Is hopping into computational biology a good idea now or ai has eaten that too??

Sperm swim more quickly in summer, study finds

The lanternfly invasion that swarms US cities every summer began with just one accidental introduction 10 years ago

Dogs act like toddlers when you need help - but cats just watch

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps

Researchers found a strain of bacteria buried under 5000 years of cave ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics

Loss of CTLH component MAEA impairs DNA repair and replication and leads to developmental delay | EMBO Molecular Medicine

Depression itself may not directly speed up biological aging

The 'Swiss 100' study has identified 37 proteins in centenarians' blood whose profile appears linked to slower ageing

Causal effects of inflammation on long-term mortality: A mendelian randomization study

Scientists’ chemical breakthrough sheds light on origins of life - A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand

Poxvirus attack of antiviral defense pathways unleashes an effector-triggered NF-κB response - Science

Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown enzyme that plays a crucial role in fat production

Scientists have engineered yeast to produce the active ingredients of traditional herbal medicine ashwagandha, potentially reducing the need to grow and cultivate the whole shrub.

Tired of slow Python biology tools, so I wrote the first pure-Rust macromolecule modeling engine. Processes 3M atoms in ~600ms.

A new study suggests aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere

Cells’ Systems Cooperate to Form ‘Scaffolding’ During Egg Development

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

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