3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (370+ words) Sperm whales have been recorded headbutting each other for the first time, confirming long-standing accounts from 19th century whaling narratives. Researchers from the University of St Andrews documented this behaviour using drone technology during field studies conducted between 2020 and 2022 in the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (330+ words) Researchers at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, under the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, have developed a deep-learning tool that can predict how intrinsically disordered proteins bind to their partners. The breakthrough addresses a long-standing challenge in molecular…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (329+ words) Beneath forests, grasslands and farmlands lies a vast, largely unseen system that helps regulate Earth's climate. American evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers has been awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for transforming scientific understanding of these underground fungal networks…...