“[O]ctopuses can alter the coloration of their skin, with darker colors
typically being indicative of aggression. The authors found that octopuses with
dark coloration threw debris more forcefully and were more likely to hit another
octopus.”
posted 11/26/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[T]he Iron Age sample also had a high abundance of two species of fungi:
Penicillium roqueforti — commonly used in the fermentation of cheese — and
Saccharomyces cerevisiae , used for fermenting bread and alcoholic beverages
like beer, mead, and wine.”
posted 8/16/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[T]he coffee it makes is good. … That grown in South Sudan had ‘notes of
raspberry coulis, figs, plums, and milk chocolate.’ It has comparable caffeine
levels to Arabica, so can be an appropriate substitute as growing conditions for
Arabica continue to decline.”
Diana Gitig ,
Your next pour-over may be Liberica or excelsa
(Ars Technica ,
December 15, 2022 )
posted 12/18/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Wolves with antibodies against [Toxoplasma gondii ] were significantly more
likely to disperse (leave their packs and set out on their own) and to become
pack leaders. Pursuing both of these courses of action constitutes aggressive
and risky wolf behavior.”
posted 12/5/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[P]eople who were homozygous (had two copies) of this protective gene variant
involved in antigen presentation were 40 percent more likely to survive the
plague than those with two copies of a deleterious variant, which encodes a
broken protein.”
posted 11/3/2022 8:00pm ∞