Tag: Max Planck Institute
Just-in-Time Delivery in Living Cells
Our modern world relies on shipping and receiving, but many cargoes have to arrive at the right time to be useful.
Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs
Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge.
Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror
Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis.
Some Proteins Act Almost Like Humans
We know they are just molecular machines, but some proteins appear to have uncanny abilities to sense a situation and make decisions.
An Eye-Opening Discovery: The Remarkable Vision of Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris is one of the many extraordinary creatures that emerge during the Cambrian explosion (~530 million years ago), seemingly without clear precursors.