The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.
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Astronomers find dark matter dominating in early universe galaxies
Rotation curves of distant galaxies. Data in red and blue remains relatively flat (i.e., high), similar to local massive disk galaxies at z~0 (dashed gray line) that need extended dark…
This bird’s eye view of a shark hunt won a photo contest
A school of hardyhead silverside fish (Atherinomorus lacunosus) flees from four blacktip reef sharks near the shore of the Maldives in this aerial photo. Behavioral biologists Angela Albi and August…
Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, and a host of health influencers have proclaimed that…
Common bacterial infection may trigger lung transplant rejection
Pseudomonas-induced antibody-mediated rejection of lung allografts in mice. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adu6563 A large team of surgeons and organ transplant researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the…
International collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics
No quantum exorcism for Maxwell’s demon (but it doesn’t need one). Credit: Reiko Matsushita Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights…
Viewpoint: The ‘post genomic era’ reveals nothing less than a new biology. We just don’t know how to talk about it
You could be forgiven for thinking that the turn of the millennium was a golden age for the life sciences. After the halcyon days of the 1950s and ’60s when…
Many adults report inaccurate beliefs about risks and benefits of home firearm access
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain About 40% of households in the United States report firearm access and the majority of firearm owners report typically storing at least one of their firearms…
