🐍🧬 Researchers in #China's #Huaping National #Nature Reserve identified the Guangxi reed #snake, a non-venomous species that mimics a second head with its tail. By waving its tail when threatened, the 20 cm #reptile confuses #predators.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/two-headed-snake-china/

#science #biology #wildlife #nature #snakes #research #genetics #zoology #discovery #environment #animals

‘Two-headed snake’ confuses predators

While the Guangxi reed snake isn’t venomous, it excels at confounding foes.

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@claudeai , @chatgpt , and #Gemini now integrate with bioAF for AI Review of your pipeline runs and experiments, letting you find patterns faster than ever before.

https://tinyurl.com/mvyb6cnu
#biology #biotech #bioinformatics

AI Review: an LLM advisory layer for pipeline outputs

Hosted LLM reviews of completed pipeline runs and experiment-wide comparisons, with a prompt builder for what to ask, support for prompt customization, and audit logging.

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Your #LIMS and bioAF can now work as one. With the new integration API, projects, experiments, and samples flow automatically. Your team stops shuffling data and gets back to the science.

https://tinyurl.com/mrscefrv

#biology #biotech #bioinformatics

Connecting your LIMS with the bioAF Integration API

A public, key-authenticated API plus signed webhooks so your LIMS and other lab systems can read and write projects, experiments, and samples without manual re-keying.

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Did you know bioAF allows you to search and run any @nf_core pipeline with no manual infrastructure setup? bioAF's installer builds everything for you. Just search for the pipeline you want, click to install, and you're off! Check out bioaf.co for details and walkthroughs.

#biology #biotech #bioinformatics

BioTech startups need to focus on science, not dealing with software. bioAF makes this easy with push-button updates to always keep your team equipped with the latest tools.

https://bioaf.co/blog/updating-bioaf/

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Updating bioAF

Check your version, see what’s new, and install an update without leaving the web UI.

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🏛️🧬 Researchers at University College #London found that visiting #museums and attending #concerts may slow biological #aging by 4%.

Analyzing #data from 3,500 adults, the #study suggests weekly cultural engagement reduces #stress and inflammation. The #health benefits are comparable to regular exercise, potentially leading to future "arts prescriptions" for healthy #aging.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/visiting-museums-may-slow-your-biological-aging-study-finds

#science #health #museum #biology #research #culture #wellness #art #lifestyle

Visiting Museums May Slow Your Biological Aging, Study Finds

Several years ago, some doctors in Canada began 'prescribing' art to their patients, giving them free access to a local museum.

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"[A]s the evidence mounts, scientists continue to puzzle over the pleasant surprise—how are vaccines that target specific pathogens inadvertently shielding our minds from deterioration?

A burgeoning hypothesis offers a brow-raising possibility: The shots may be protecting our noggins by training the part of our immune system that had long been considered untrainable."

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/routine-vaccines-may-cut-dementia-risk-experts-have-startling-hypothesis-on-how/

#Vaccines #Biology #ImmuneSystem #Dementia

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.

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Scientists reveal how seven days of fasting transforms the human body

Scientists have discovered that the human body undergoes a dramatic internal transformation during extended fasting, with major changes appearing only after about three days without food. In a seven-day water-only fasting study, researchers tracked thousands of proteins in the blood and found widespread shifts affecting organs throughout the body — including the brain. While the body quickly switches from burning glucose to fat, the most intriguing biological changes linked to potential health benefits didn’t emerge until later in the fast.

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Did you know that Development publishes Research Reports? These short articles emphasise an important finding, laying the groundwork for future research. Browse a selection of our latest, free-to-read Research Report highlights in our subject collection https://journals.biologists.com/dev/collection/10772/Highlights-from-our-Research-Reports-section

#biology #developmentalBiology

🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-sloths-poop-on-ground/

#science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

Why sloths risk their lives to poop

Every week, sloths climb down to do their business on the forest floor—where predators lie in wait.

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