A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor—or hominin—for the first time, revealing a capability to stand as erect as we do today.
Evolution
Jun 13, 2023
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Think about how frustrating it is to try to fit a gift into a box that is too small. Sometimes you just need a bigger box.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 6, 2023
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By performing a famous magic trick for three species of monkey with differing hand structures, scientists have discovered that—in order to deceive—a conjuror needs a similar anatomy to their audience.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2023
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396
A male fly approaches a flower, lands on top of what he thinks is a female fly, and jiggles around. He's trying to mate, but it isn't quite working. He has another go. Eventually he gives up and buzzes off, unsuccessful. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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Ludwig van Beethoven's genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known composer's hair.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 22, 2023
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Researchers have 'hacked' the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways to extract energy from the process, a finding that could lead to ...
Biochemistry
Mar 22, 2023
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113
Fossil bones from two newly described penguin species, one of them thought to be the largest penguin to ever live—weighing more than 150 kilograms, more than three times the size of the largest living penguins—have been ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 9, 2023
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Cambridge researchers have developed a new test that "fishes" for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as bait and gives highly accurate results in under an hour.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2023
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67
Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time—opening a 'game-changing' new chapter in the history of evolution.
Evolution
Dec 7, 2022
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600
Fossilized fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the longest-standing assumptions about the origins of modern birds.
Evolution
Nov 30, 2022
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