Scientific Discovery
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AI struggles to map human genome's complex physical reality
The human genome, in 2026, presents itself less as a predictable script for life and more as a complex puzzle that only intensifies in difficulty with closer biological inspection, actively confoundin
Nebraska Researchers Map Photosynthesis Assembly Line in Chloroplasts
Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have pinpointed a previously unknown 'assembly line' within plant chloroplasts, revealing where the very machinery of photosynthesis is built, repaire
Beluga whales Natasha and Maris pass the mirror test
Natasha, a beluga whale, clapped her jaws and peered into her own mouth in a mirror, a behavior once deemed exclusive to a select few highly intelligent species.
AI Agents Accelerate Scientific Discovery and Shape Coding's Future
An OpenAI model has disproved an 80-year-old conjecture in discrete geometry, solving the unit distance problem.
Scientists Discover Brain's Neural Code Constantly Rewriting Itself
In 2012, Laura Driscoll's research revealed that individual neuronal responses in the brain could shift noticeably over just a few days, a finding that defied decades of neuroscience expectations.