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Sharks Show How Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects
Despite their wild variety of sizes, niches, and shapes, sharks scale geometrically, pointing to possible fundamental constraints on evolution
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When Nature Burst Into Vivid Color
Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them?
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The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion
By simulating ecological networks with microbes, researchers revealed properties that may make natural communities susceptible to invasion
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Searching for Alien Life Along the Cosmic Shoreline
How planets gain and lose atmospheres might give us a new map of where to look for life
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A Closer Look at the Science of Mirror Neurons
The brain cells once alleged to explain empathy, autism, and theory of mind are being refined and redefined. -
Insects and Other Animals May Have Consciousness
A new consensus emerges. -
Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres. -
These Eyes Shine Light on the Path of Evolution
The visual systems of a group of mollusks reveal how future evolution depends on the past. -
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.
