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  • 2 months ago | science.org | Shixin Ma |Léa Meneu |Hongbo Liu |Ian S. Osborne |Michael Funk |Madeleine Seale | +11 more

    Topological Optics Viewing topology in higher dimensionsIan S. OsborneArtistic depiction of a four-dimensional regular lattice that forms a quasicrystalline pattern with fivefold symmetry when projected in two dimensions. The symmetry and topology of physical systems are closely related to the symmetries governing the topological properties. Quasicrystals are ordered systems but have no translation or rotational symmetries.

  • Jan 9, 2025 | science.org | Harrison J. Ostridge |Arindam Ghosh |Anqi Wei |Corinne N. Simonti

    Avian Genetics Yellow winsCorinne SimontiEnzymes underlying the distinctive red beaks in some Australian finches are under selection in wild populations. PHOTO: PHIL DEGGINGER/SCIENCE SOURCEMany birds use carotenoids from their diet to create yellow and red pigmentation. Most such carotenoids are yellow, because red requires enzymes to produce. Although this pathway has been explored in laboratory mutants, these enzymes have been relatively understudied in natural populations. Hooper et al.

  • Jan 2, 2025 | science.org | Michael Funk |Jesse R. Smith |Phil Szuromi |Sacha Vignieri |Jake Yeston |Mattia Maroso | +8 more

  • Jan 2, 2025 | science.org | Corinne N. Simonti |Jesse R. Smith |Di Jiang |Bianca Lopez |Sarah Ross |Jelena Stajic | +2 more

    Deep-Sea Life A bizarre sea slug in the deepDi JiangDeep-sea biodiversity and the ecological adaptations of life are less explored in the bathypelagic zone than in other oceanic zones. Robison and Haddock describe Bathydevius caudactylus, a new nudibranch (sea slug) species that is found at depths of 1013 to 4009 meters in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.

  • Dec 19, 2024 | science.org | Corinne N. Simonti |Jesse R. Smith |Sacha Vignieri |Jake Yeston |Sumin Jin |Brad Wible | +3 more

    Cognition With intentionSacha VignieriOnce thought to be unique to humans, tool use has now been documented across animals, from mammals to birds and even fish and insects. Thus, it should be no surprise that the elephant, a cognitively advanced mammal, would readily make use of a new tool, as documented by Urban et al. Even more interesting was the disruption of one animal’s use of a hose to shower by another, in an apparent act of intentional disruption.

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