Pigeons have an organ in the brain that allows them to sense the earth’s magnetic field.

My experience with other science websites has colored my expectations somewhat.

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Really cool article and an actually good website.

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Sneaky

“The implications of this research are nothing short of revolutionary,” said Professor McInerney, the lead author of the study.

(Emphasis mine.)

I get very wary of researchers tooting their own horn that hard. Smells like room temperature super conductor.

Except in the island of Dr Moreau.

I was referring to your comment, not the original post. You know, the comment you edited.

Correction: “athiest”. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the athiest of them all?

Pretty sure the goal is to replace fibers in composite high tensile strength engineering materials. Not for everyday clothing.

They’re nesting.

If I recall correctly, the RNA exchanged between bacteria is not typically merged into the main RNA code, but remains a separate loop.

We should look at how protists and yeasts and the like reproduce, as they are unicellular eukaryotes. My knowledge of that is very basic though.

I’m no biologist, but asexual reproduction is the first and oldest form. I’ll wager there’s a mechanism to introduce a small number of random mutations in the code.

Bummer.

Can’t we use a fast growing plant like bamboo?