Britain has a new snake species—should climate change mean it is allowed to stay?
All animals live in or seek a set of climate conditions they find tolerable. This “climate envelope” partially determines where animals are found, but the continued existence of many species now rests on the outcome of human-driven climate change…
Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds
All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as Zipf’s law…
Global leaders have a selective view of sovereignty. It matters, as long as it’s in their interests | Kenan Malik
Whether in Gaza or the Chagos Islands, denying a people’s identity and rights paves the way to robbing them of their autonomy to govern Sovereignty matters. Except when it doesn’t. And it doesn’t when another people’s sovereignty gets in the way of your nation’s needs. Then sovereignty (for any other country or people…
Unity is working with Toyota on the next-gen human machine interface for cars
Unity was chosen by Toyota Motor to help it deliver a graphical user interface for Toyota’s next human-machine interface for cars…Serine phosphorylation facilitates protein degradation by the human mitochondrial ClpXP protease
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 5, February 2025. SignificanceClpXP is a mitochondrial matrix protease that degrades damaged or misfolded proteins and helps maintain mitochondrial health and cellular function. Much like how ubiquitin tags proteins for degradation in the cytosolic ubiquitin–proteasome …
Convergent evolution in whale and human vocal cultures | Science
The complex songs of humpback whales conform to fundamental laws of language…
Watch bipedal robots running in a more human-like way than ever thanks to major vision upgrade
Bipedal robots have found navigating uneven terrain a steep challenge but a new hardware upgrade means they can detect their environment and respond quicker than ever before…
Why are flies attracted to humans?
Flies are attracted to our pungent “cloud of effervescence,” experts say…
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The Undetectable Humaniser app turns AI-generated content into human-quality writing. Get lifetime access to this app for just £32.22…