Mindfully Curated
Although the prevailing wisdom among neuroscientists is that Purkinje cells have just one primary dendrite that connects with a single climbing fiber from the brain stem, new research shows that nearly all Purkinje cells in the human cerebellum have mu…
Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to nest-building problems, according to new research.
In a step forward in the development of genetic medicines, researchers have developed a proof-of-concept model for delivering gene editing tools to treat blood disorders, allowing for the modification of diseased blood cells directly within the body. I…
A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic — pdm09 — shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent circulation in swine has resulted in the evolution of pdm09 vari…
An international team of linguists and geneticists has achieved a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the origins of Indo-European, a family of languages spoken by nearly half of the world’s population.
Some organisms, such as tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes, can survive harsh conditions by entering a dormant state known as ‘cryptobiosis.’ In 2018, researchers found two roundworms (nematode) species in the Siberian Permafrost. Radiocarbon dating …
The planet experienced the hottest day on record earlier this month and climate projections estimate the intensity of heat waves and poor air quality will increase and continue to cause severe impacts. Researchers have refined and expanded a method of …
As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparalleled opportunity to discern what weather may be like on far-away exoplanets.
Young stars are rambunctious! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the ‘antics’ of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To find them, trace the bright pink and red diffrac…
A new machine-learning technique can efficiently learn to control a robot, leading to better performance with fewer data.