Biology & Life Sciences

1+ min ago   (449+ words) There's a profound truth nestled within the age-old adage, "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." Our understanding of beauty, far from being a universal truth, varies widely between individuals. This individuality, shrouded in the mystery of human cognition…...

16+ min ago   (506+ words) Cookeville integrating a new heat risk assessment map into its urban planning to identify thermal hotspots and prioritize tree canopy expansion in vulnerable neighborhoods. Public Works Director Mary Beth Elrod said once a tree reaches maturity and provides shade over…...

36+ min ago   (433+ words) Published - October 12, 2026 05:30 am IST - KOCHI Lantana camara, an invasive alien species found in forest ecosystems in Keralam. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has come up with a seven-point strategic plan to mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS)…...

44+ min ago   (499+ words) Tiny microbes may help explain a large mystery in the fossil record: why soft-bodied animals were once preserved surprisingly often, but became much harder to find later. New research suggests that the spread of tissue-destroying enzymes changed their chances of…...

12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (405+ words) A group of Chinese scientists has uncovered the mystery behind how an ancient gene regulates the development of brain folds, shedding new light on the evolution of the human brain. The findings were recently published in Nature Genetics, Xinhua reports....

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (579+ words) Climate change is making restoring Scotland’s rainforest “more complicated” with access to funding “holding us back”, members of a coalition to save it have said. The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforests has recognised that climate change is predicted to shrink Scotland’s…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (666+ words) Use ClickUp Brain to search workspace context, draft content, summarize work and run AI-assisted project tasks. Learn what to use next Turn the latest AI tools into practical skills with guided lessons, real workflows, and expert support. ClickUp Brain is…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (199+ words) Georgia Southern Department of Biology Professor Sara Gremillion, Ph.D., has taken on a cross-institutional, five-year National Institute of Health grant-funded project that aims to create a curriculum and shared knowledge pool for an underutilized, yet widely available organism: Fungi. By…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (358+ words) As trade unions and anti-austerity activists demand substantive change, Labour is warned it must heed the call or face ‘concerted’ national action from an energised wider left EFFORTS to restore Scotland’s rainforest by 2045 are being stymied by short-term funding and…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (676+ words) It's been almost twenty years since the classic EY post The Design Space of Minds-In-General came out, reminding the humble rationalist reader to nev… If possible mind-space is vast, we should assume the same applies to consciousness-space - Incapable of satisfactorily…...