Eric Ralls
How testosterone and estrogen have driven human evolution
What makes us human? Most would say our minds. The ability to think, empathize, and build complex societies sets us ...
AI can read plant DNA. That could transform agriculture and help feed the world
Plant DNA has become a frontier for artificial intelligence, with large language models turning genetic sequences into interpretable content for ...
‘Last of Us’ in real life? Drug-resistant ‘super fungus’ lurking in the Himalayan mountains
Researchers collected the disease-causing super fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, from the Three Parallel Rivers region in Yunnan, China ...
How blinking contributed to human evolution
Researchers investigated the reasons behind the mudskipper’s blinking behavior by considering the roles that blinking plays in humans ...