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news Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Meta-analysis of published fossil records
A Nature Plants study of fossil pollen links most plant turnover of the past 120 million years to two hot spells. How it was done, and what it cannot show.
news Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Single fossil specimen
A 165-million-year-old swimming relative of mammals kept throat bones like ours. What the Nature fossil shows, how, and why it rests on a single skeleton.
news Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Genomics study (embryos and tissues)
A Nature Communications study maps how DNA folds in squid, cuttlefish and octopus: stable domains, shifting loops, and one switch deletion that shrank brains.
news Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed; observational study of pet dogs
A Science study of 894 pet dogs links faster DNA-methylation ageing to large size and male sex. What it found, how, and why it doesn't yet prove a cause.
news Biology Evidence status: Mouse study · Peer reviewed
A mouse study maps a lymphatic route that drains fluid from the back of the eye to a neck lymph node in 20 minutes. What it may mean for glaucoma.
News Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Genome-wide association study
A study of up to 1.14 million people linked 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five personality traits, but each effect was tiny and genes are not destiny.
News Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Mouse study
Semaglutide extended median lifespan by about 12% in older female mice, but the study does not show that Ozempic slows human aging.
News Biology Evidence status: Peer reviewed · Human genetic association study
Health · Peer reviewed. Rare-variant sequencing identifies 36 risk genes and shared biology—but does not create a diagnostic test.
News AI Evidence status: Preprint · Laboratory bacteriophage study
Biology · Preprint. A 44,000-variant map of bacteriophage ΦX174 exposes mutation effects that leading biological AI models still struggle to predict.
