New AI model detects hidden antibiotic resistance genes beyond standard databases
A genomic language model called resLens could help researchers spot antibiotic resistance genes that conventional database-matching tools may…
Scientists Finally Think They Know Why T. rex Had Tiny Arms
T. rex’s famously tiny arms may have been the result of one terrifying evolutionary upgrade: an enormous skull…
Meet The Star-Nosed Mole — The Fastest Hunter On The Planet
Most predators hunt with eyes or speed. This blind, burrowing mole hunts with 25,000 touch receptors — and…
Research shows Neanderthals gathered shellfish like modern humans | Northwest & National News
Specimen of the gastropod Phorcus lineatus. (ICTA-UAB via SWNS) By Talker By Stephen Beech Cavemen gathered shellfish to…
Meet The Axolotl — The Salamander That Can Regrow Its Own Brain
The axolotl may look cartoonishly harmless, but beneath its frilly gills lies one of evolution’s most astonishing survival…
Scientists Solve 320-Million-Year Mystery of Reptile Skin Armor
While skin bone plates are well studied in crocodylians (shown here in a gharial, in purple), their presence…
New Species of Giant Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina
Fossils unearthed on a remote Argentine ranch belong to a new genus and species of macronarian sauropod dinosaur,…
It Uses Its Finger Like A Woodpecker’s Beak
With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s…
Scientists Just Exposed a 300 Million-Year-Old Fossil Mistake
A reconstruction drawing of Pohlsepia mazonensis. Credit: Dr. Thomas Clements, University of Reading The “world’s oldest octopus” was…
Brain-First Hypothesis: Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion
Summary: The “Cambrian Explosion”, the period roughly 500 million years ago when animal life rapidly diversified, may not…
Meet The Worm That Hunts With A Slime Cannon — A Biologist Explains
This unassuming worm hunts with a self-assembling slime net. Here’s what scientists have uncovered about its biology, behavior…
Mobile intron RNA from a bacterial predator accumulates in dead archaeal cells
Cultivation Anaerobic cultivation techniques were applied18. One liter of freshwater medium contained 1.0 g of NaCl, 0.4 g of MgCl2 × 6…