Mouse and Stem Cell Data Show the Brain Has Two Separate Origins
A Stanford lineage-tracing study finds two separate progenitor cells, marked by Otx2 and Gbx2, build the forebrain/midbrain and hindbrain from gastrulation.
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Why Some Tilted Hurricanes Quickly Align, and Others Stay Leaning
New analysis of 1,510 NOAA Hurricane Hunter radar scans reveals why some tilted tropical cyclones quickly align vertically while others stay leaning and weak.
14 Tail Vertebrae Put Diplodocus in Spain. Experts Split on Certainty
Diplodocus in Spain: 14 tail vertebrae from Teruel are the first formal European record. Three of five experts back the ID; two call the tail too thin.
Cell-Death Enzyme Dronc Drives Regrowth of Irradiated Fly Wing Tissue, Study Finds
Dronc-activating DARE cells grew from about 10% to nearly 50% of irradiated fruit fly wing disc area within 48 hours, a Weizmann Institute-led study reports.
Elias 2-24 b Confirmed as the Youngest Known Exoplanet
Elias 2-24 b, confirmed via Keck, ALMA and VLT data, is under 1 million years old, roughly five times younger than the previous exoplanet age record.
JWST Occultation Shows Chariklo's Two Rings Evolving in Opposite Directions
JWST's first predicted-and-observed stellar occultation reveals Chariklo's two rings changing in opposite directions within less than a decade.
Burnt Grass Phytoliths Trace GunaiKurnai Fire Rituals Back 25,000 Years at Cloggs Cave
A phytolith study at Cloggs Cave in southeastern Australia found GunaiKurnai Old Ancestors burned whole grasses in ash layers for at least 25,000 years.
Benin's Coral Reef, Presumed Dead in 1966, Is Alive at 54 Meters
Sonar and a tethered drone found living octocoral gardens 54 meters deep off Benin, West Africa, reversing a 1966 verdict that had declared the reef dead.
Mitochondria's Acetyl-CoA Switch Explains How 'Zombie' Cells Fuel Chronic Inflammation
Senescent 'zombie' cells use a mitochondrial acetyl-CoA switch to activate inflammatory SASP genes, and blocking it eased frailty in aged mice, Nature reports.