Shimmering, gelatinous comb jellies wouldn’t appear to have much to hide. But their mostly see-through bodies cloak a nervous system unlike that of any other known animal, researchers report in…
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Northern elephant seals sleep just two hours a day at sea
Northern elephant seals are the true masters of the power nap. On long trips out to sea, the seals snooze less than 20 minutes at a time, researchers report in…
US pledges $1bn to Green Climate Fund after six-year hiatus
Joe Biden urged leaders of major emitting economies to step up efforts to roll out zero-emission vehicles, cut methane emissions and deploy carbon capture technologies The US will provide $1…
EasyJet CEO ‘confident’ after last summer’s travel chaos
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren expects a ‘better’ summer for travellers after last year’s chaos. The aviation sector has endured chaos at airports after the end of Covid restrictions, high inflation…
Surprise! Rapid heritable adaptation can occur without initial standing genetic variation – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Kimberley Lemmen—a post-doc working at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland—discusses her paper: Experimental evidence of rapid heritable adaptation in the absence of initial standing genetic…
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
SpaceX’s Starship launches from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off Thursday on it first…
Hopelessness about the future is a key reason some Black young adults consider suicide, new study finds
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Feeling hopeless about the future is one of the primary reasons Black young adults consider suicide.…
Will Walmart Using Gen AI Break Open Pandora’s Retail Box?
Retail giant Walmart is going all in on developing its own generative artificial intelligence GPT-4 platform to drive sales and boost customer experience (CX). This announcement puts Walmart on stage…
Gut bacteria could be behind weaker immune responses to COVID-19 vaccine
High activity of fucose digestion by bacteria in the gut is associated with higher expression of two AP-1 transcription factors, FOS and ATF3 in blood immune cells, and with a…
