To interpret the world through vision, human eyes have four photoreceptors, birds have six, mantis shrimps have 16.
Life connected – visualised
Explore this comprehensive tree of life that demonstrates how life is connected.
To interpret the world through vision, human eyes have four photoreceptors, birds have six, mantis shrimps have 16.
Explore this comprehensive tree of life that demonstrates how life is connected.
In the first discovery of its kind, an insect stole a plant gene to elude its host’s defences. That’s one way to create a new pest-control strategy!
Usually, an organism’s cells all carry the same genes. In yellow crazy ants, some cells carry only maternal and others only paternal genetic material. Chimerism can happen by accident in nature but these ants rely on chimerism to exist.
In June 2023, four volunteers will spend a year pretending to live on the red planet inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat.
A snap of the finger produces the highest rotational acceleration observed in humans.
Need someone to give you time, money, advice or support? You need to know your pitch – a short snappy written or verbal communication. Watch these people attempt 1 min pitches.
Not going to lie, I spent a lot of time playing with this! Put your thesis or publication name into this app to generate a piece of art based on the text.
Cosmic gamma-rays are the highest-energy form of light. They fill the night sky but are invisible to our eyes, and this NASA animation helps us ‘see’ it.
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