Biology
All Futurismo stories about biology. (19)
An AI designs proteins from a simple text description
The Pinal model turns a sentence into a candidate protein, although its hit rate is still uneven.
Traces of blood found in a 115-million-year-old dinosaur
A fossil from Brazil preserves structures that look like red blood cells with remnants of heme.
Jumping spiders may dream like we do
A study finds in these spiders a sleep phase similar to REM, the stage of vivid dreams.
Taurine, an unexpected brake on age-related inflammation
A Yale study in Cell reveals how this amino acid controls a key immune alarm.
An AI reveals which dinosaur left each footprint
DinoTracker compares fossil footprint outlines and gets it right like an expert.
The secret of the whale that lives over 200 years lies in a protein
The bowhead whale repairs its DNA better than any other mammal.
The genome of the Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate
Its DNA reveals clues about how it can live around four centuries.
Scientists turn colon cancer cells into near-normal cells
A KAIST team managed to "reverse" cancer in the lab without killing the cells.
Living microbes found inside a 2-billion-year-old rock
It is the oldest known rock hosting life, sealed in clay-filled cracks.
The world's oldest cave painting: a hand from 67,800 years ago
A hand stencil in an Indonesian cave beats every record for human art.
Shri rapax, the small dinosaur with robust thumbs
A new dromaeosaurid from Mongolia had especially strong hands.
Homo erectus fossils recovered from the seafloor in Indonesia
Remains dredged from the Madura Strait reveal a land now underwater.
A nasal spray reduces tau protein in mice with dementia
A single dose improved memory in old mice, according to a UTMB study.
"Apex," the stegosaurus sold for 44.6 million dollars
It is the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever auctioned; Ken Griffin bought it.
"First and second sleep": how people slept before electric light
A historian proposed that sleeping in two stretches was common; today the idea is debated.
Maya find at Balam K煤: stucco beneath a ball court
INAH documents an unexplored area with clues about mobility in the Maya Lowlands.
A hidden civilization on Earth? What the Harvard essay really says
A speculative essay explores the idea of "cryptoterrestrials"; its authors consider it unlikely.
Denisovans survived in Tibet by eating everything
Bones from a cave at 3,280 meters reveal their diet over tens of thousands of years.
More CO2 makes trees grow faster
A study of US forests links rising CO2 to greater wood volume.