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Study suggests high-frequency electrical 'noise' results in congenital night blindness
Medical Xpress· 23 minutes agoThe findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that the rhodopsin gene mutation, called G90D, produces an unusual background electrical "noise" that ...
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
WSAU Wausau· 24 minutes agoBy Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance,...
Humans have been altering nature for thousands of years – to shape a sustainable future, it’s...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAs an archaeologist, I study long-term human interactions with nature. In my new book,...
Properly cooked hamburgers pose no bird flu risk, US study finds By Reuters
Investing.com· 1 hour agoCHICAGO (Reuters) -No bird flu virus was found after cooking ground beef to medium to well done, the...
Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Footprints That Rewrite the Story of Humans in America
Popular Mechanics· 1 day agoA research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old, confirming an earlier study...
Meta’s AI system ‘Cicero’ learning how to lie, deceive humans: study
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“AlphaStar exploited the game’s fog-of-war mechanics to feint: to pretend to move its troops in one...
Making babies may take 10 times more energy than we thought
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoAmong mammals, they found brown bats had the lowest indirect costs, at about 75% of the reproductive...
Study finds H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoThis is the first time that a member of the group of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses has been shown to exhibit this ability. According to the Penn State researchers who led the study< ...
Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.
New York Times· 53 minutes agoIn humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than...
Right-wing media figures are declaring bird flu the next “plandemic”
Media Matters· 33 minutes agoAs livestock in several states have tested positive for a strain of bird flu, right-wing media...