Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

An evolutionary architecture strategy ensures rapid responses to unforeseen events. Autonomously acting teams make informed ...

There are “costs of life” that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach for automatic prompt optimization (APO) using a large language model (LLM) as an optimizer, named Prompt Evolution Through Examples (PETE). The approach ...

When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could form our views and beliefs based on evidence, ...

The movement of genetic material between organisms that aren’t directly related is a significant driver of evolution, especially among single-celled organisms like bacteria and archaea. A team led by ...

Directed evolution is a laboratory method that speeds up protein mutations to help create novel cancer and neurodegenerative disorder therapies. In a new study, scientists detail a method called ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Life on islands and cancer evolves under unique environmental pressures and acquire distinctive features. This manuscript is an attempt to find analogies between carcinogenesis and island biota ...