Forage conservation is a neglected nitrous oxide source(academic.oup.com)

35 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 33 comments

Paracetamol disrupts early embryogenesis by cell cycle inhibition(academic.oup.com)

156 points by XzetaU8 1 year ago | 160 comments

Phase shift between rotation and actuation predicts muscle activation patterns(academic.oup.com)

14 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 2 comments

Soft cells and the geometry of seashells(academic.oup.com)

29 points by pabo 2 years ago | 1 comments

The value of information gathering in phage–bacteria warfare(academic.oup.com)

54 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 18 comments

Alzheimer's microbiota induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis(academic.oup.com)

86 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 40 comments

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an 'Undruggable' Cancer Gene(nytimes.com)

4 points by gumby 24 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.

Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited deafness(cosmosmagazine.com)

473 points by keploy 2 years ago | 194 comments

Cosmos Magazine article reporting that a gene therapy restored hearing in children born with inherited deafness.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells(uwa.edu.au)

385 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 97 comments

University of Western Australia news article on a method to erase a cell's epigenetic memory so reprogrammed human cells better mimic embryonic stem cells.