A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

Basically, I asked myself: how can I explain my scientific interests in the cringiest way possible? And well… this post came out.

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use shared standards to facilitate comparisons across species.

Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries

Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries The nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”. The deepest dive yet into the biology of a supercentenarian has revealed that even extreme old age can be reached without the brain necessarily faltering or the usual illnesses mounting up. Continue reading...

This perspective examines sleep’s mechanism (“how”) and function (“why”). The motor theory posits that sleep is governed by distributed motor-control circuits; the catecholamine hypothesis identifies ...

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.

Mulberry is the only reported plant species with multiple centromeres on each chromosome and is rich in miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in their genomes. However, the reasons f...

Genomes of nine brown algal species with different sex determination systems show that U/V sex chromosomes evolved 450–224 Ma and show remarkable conservation of genes within the sex-determining regio...

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

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Total lunar eclipse on September 7–8, 2025: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.

Transposable elements (TEs) can play a huge role in shaping the structure and evolution of genes and genomes, but it can be difficult, especially in non-model organisms, to confidently characterize th...

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. This Review discusses transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that repress TE activity, how TEs escape this suppressio...