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By merging ancient Mayan lime traditions with robotic fabrication, Dinorah Schulte reimagines sustainable construction
In Aztec mythology, the corn deity Cintéotl, whose name means “ear of corn,” was the son of the gods of fertility and abundance. Rituals in his honor reinforced community bonds and the collective labor that made corn cultivation possible. For the civilizations of Mesoamerica, corn was not merely a crop. It was called tlaolli in Nahuatl, meaning “our sustenance,” and it held the culture’s spiritual, economic, and social fabric together across millennia…
How Google DeepMind’s AI is unlocking the 98% of our genome science couldn’t read
In January 2026, researchers at Google DeepMind published AlphaGenome in Nature, introducing one of the most powerful artificial-intelligence systems yet developed for interpreting genomic regulation. Designed to analyze long genetic sequences at unprecedented resolution, the model represents a significant step toward understanding how the genome regulates life at its most fundamental level.
Research at The Ohio State University shows shiitake mushrooms can function as organic memory devices
In a laboratory at The Ohio State University, shiitake mushrooms are being conditioned to retain electrical history.
Under carefully controlled stimulation, networks of fungal tissue exhibit measurable and repeatable shifts in conductivity. Their resistance changes depending on prior electrical activity, a defining characteristic of memristors—components whose present state depends on past signals. In experimental configurations, these biological networks function as organic memristive systems.
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At the Root of Humanity: 773,000-Year-Old Fossils from Morocco
Self portrait of Dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin, Image credit: Collège de France How North African mandibles reveal populations near the human-Neanderthal divergence In the coastal formations of Casablanca, Morocco, where ancient sea levels carved caves into

Cloud-9: The Failed Galaxy That Proves Dark Matter Theory Right
Dr. Alejandro Benitez-Llambay, principal investigator of the Cloud-9 discovery. Image credit: Dr. Alejandro Benitez-Llambay How Hubble’s dark matter-dominated gas cloud offers a rare window into cosmic structure In the vast cosmic tapestry where galaxies blaze

The Stopwatches in the Bee Brain: How Insects Master Time and What It Means for AI
A new study published in Biology Letters has revealed that bumblebees, with brains smaller than a cubic millimeter, are capable of perceiving and processing time intervals with surprising accuracy…
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