Rogue ‘organs’ inside cells may hold secrets of the origin of life on Earth
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, various diseases and even the origin of life.
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Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, various diseases and even the origin of life.
In a recent study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers uncovered a “gender rating gap” in online reviews, revealing that women generally give higher ratings than men across several online review platforms. The study, which analyzed over a billion reviews…
A gene controlling potato growth limits the plant’s fertilizer uptake. Tweaking related genes could lead to more sustainable potato varieties.
As US states were busy counting votes to confirm who would be the next president Tuesday night, Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account was busy confirming a key backward compatibility feature for the upcoming “Nintendo Switch successor,” which is still only pre-announced,…
A Massachusetts spa owner has been arrested for what prosecutors describe as a blundering scheme in which she conspicuously smuggled counterfeit Botox and skin fillers into the US, then peddled them to clients by falsely claiming to be a nurse…
A bat gym shows that vampires are more like some insects, burning amino acids from blood proteins rather than the carbs or fats other mammals rely on.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is accusing Grindr of using a return-to-office (RTO) mandate in an attempt to block employee efforts to form a union. On July 20, 2023, employees at the LGBTQ+ dating app announced plans to unionize.…
On Monday, Anthropic launched the latest version of its smallest AI model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, in a way that marks a departure from typical AI model pricing trends—the new model costs four times more to run than its predecessor. The…
A skeleton buried in a fetal position is actually made of bones from at least five people who lived across a span of 2,500 years.
The story of Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s failed 1914 expedition to be the first to traverse the continent of Antarctica has long captured the popular imagination, as have the various efforts to locate the wreckage of his ship, the Endurance.…