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Nematodes in Atacama: How Life Thrives in the Driest Desert
39+ min ago (242+ words) 112. ua Thriving Against the Odds: Researchers Discover Abundant Nematode Communities in Earth's Driest Desert. An Unexpected Discovery Beneath the Sand According to TSN. ua: Scientists from the University of Cologne have made a surprising find in the Atacama Desert, the…...
New Study Reveals How Intense Competition Shaped Wheat Domestication Traits
14+ hour, 53+ min ago (171+ words) Home " Science " New Study Reveals How Intense Competition Shaped Wheat Domestication Traits Recent research reveals that the domestication of wheat was heavily influenced by a fierce evolutionary competition for light and space. This struggle prompted early cultivars to develop traits…...
Finding the future of eye care with frogs
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (689+ words) The Tseng Lab at UNLV discovers frog larvae can regrow their eyes, and seeks ways to replicate the process to benefit humans. image: Eye regeneration could be the key to revolutionizing ocular therapeutics (John Domol/UNLV). view more Some of…...
'Tiny backpacks because they are tiny frogs': Researchers track one of NZ's smallest amphibians
21+ hour, 9+ min ago (570+ words) In a bid to learn more about one of New Zealand's smallest frogs, researchers have come up with a novel way of tracking them. Associate Professor Stephanie Godfrey supervised the study which took place in the Coromandel, and told Checkpoint…...
Tropical forests are nearing a temperature limit that could kill the leaves at the tops of trees and trigger a cascading collapse that would turn the planet's largest carbon reservoir into a source of emissions.
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (747+ words) Tropical forests hold the equivalent of 25 years of fossil fuel emissions just in their trees. Amazon, Congo, Southeast Asia: together, these regions are the planet's largest natural brake against global warming. But this brake is heating up. And the question…...
Barrow Neuro Analytics Center doubles footprint to support growing neurological research programs
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (258+ words) image: Barrow Neurological Institute has expanded its Barrow Neuro Analytics Center, nearly doubling its dedicated research space to more than 18, 000 square feet and bringing additional research programs into one location. The center's team of researchers is globally renowned for its…...
Half of seabirds are declining. Protecting marine flyways could help save them
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (396+ words) Animals that cross borders often encounter conservation systems that stop at them. Migratory species move through jurisdictions with little regard for political boundaries, relying on habitats spread across large distances and governed by different rules. The result is patchy protection,…...
Newly discovered frog species named after Olympic champion
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (471+ words) A newly discovered species of frog has been named in honor of an Olympic champion. The glassfrog was named after Neisi Dajomes - the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Scientists say the El Quimi Nature Reserve in…...
Model organisms researchers should check whether high LRs defeat their model organisms " Less Wrong
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (580+ words) Thanks to Buck Shlegeris for feedback on a draft of this post. The goal-guarding hypothesis'states that schemers will be able to preserve their goals during training by taking actions which are selected for by the training process. To investigate the…...
Peabody students dip into the gene pool
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (810+ words) April 9, 2026 by Amanda Lurey PEABODY " Peabody Veterans Memorial High School students donned their safety goggles and lab coats Thursday morning before performing a gene editing exercise on E. coli as part of their elective biology class taught by Ryan Slater. The…...