3D structure of the social amoeba genome sheds light on the transition to multicellularity
Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted within ...
Researchers propose framework to identify food selectivity origins in the brain
Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Carnegie Mellon ...
Institute of Food Technologists16d
Food Technology
Americans consumed a record number of dairy products in 2023, signaling that there’s room for both traditional products and innovative offerings within the sector.
GitHub19d
A modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.
In addition to being a runnable CLI tool, D2 can also be used to produce diagrams from Go programs. For examples, see ./docs/examples/lib. This blog post also demos a complete, runnable example of ...
Smithsonian Magazine19d
The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study Sarah Kuta Daily ...
Science News20d
Plastic shards permeate human brains
“Microplastics are in the food we eat, the water we drink and even ... Of course they’ve made their way into human tissue, he says. Earlier studies have found them in lungs, intestines ...
National Geographic news20d
Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains
A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys. Microplastics, plastic particles fewer than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated the ...
SciTech Daily22d
NASA Reveals Shocking Human Impact on Earth’s Water Cycle
Credit: NPS/Kurt Moses NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by human activities such as agriculture. Their findings ...
Popular Mechanics25d
Human Thought Has a Speed Limit. Scientists Just Found It.
It’s possible that a human’s speed of thought is as slow as it is because the brain evolved to chart a simple path toward food or away from danger, and millions of years later, it’s ...
CNN28d
Fossils found in China may add a new branch to the human family tree
Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...
PBS28d
The FDA banned Red 3 food coloring. A scientist explains the dye’s history and health risks
In 2016, Mars announced plans to remove all artificial colors from its human food products over a five-year period. In 2024, General Mills announced that it would eliminate artificial colors and ...
Observer1mon
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Believes A.I. Could Double Human Lifespans in 5 Years
“If you think about what we might expect humans to accomplish in an area like biology in 100 years, I think a doubling of the human lifespan is not at all crazy,” he said yesterday (Jan ...