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Conversations with Kate Laurie: Discovering the Hidden Wilds of Africa
National Geographic’s new series Africa: Earth’s Wild Home sets out to capture the extraordinary ecological diversity of the African continent, from dense rainforests and hidden caves to open landscapes inhabited by some of the world’s most iconic—and least understood—animals. Filmed across nearly 30 countries over almost four years, the series combines spectacular natural-history cinematography with…
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CONVERSATIONS WITH JOANNA MASEL: On the Evolutionary Origins of Amino Acids and Rewriting Life’s Code.
In a new study that rewrites part of life’s earliest evolutionary narrative, researchers have used cutting-edge phylogenetic techniques to infer the sequence in which amino acids were added to the genetic code—tracing all the way back to the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). By analyzing a vast number of ancient protein sequences, the team identified…
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Conversations with Bertie Gregory: Discovering how amazing penguins don’t read scripts.
Bertie Gregory’s “Secrets of the Penguins” reveals surprising behaviors and emotional depth of penguins through immersive wildlife storytelling.