Researchers solve 'frustrating' horned cattle mystery
By Aimee Mitchell

Researchers at the University of Queensland identify a previously undetected gene variant in Northern Australia cattle breeds, such as brahmans, solving a mystery that has frustrated producers for years.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-06-11/genetics-breakthrough-horned-cattle-dna/106779054

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Researchers solve 'frustrating' horned cattle mystery

Researchers at the University of Queensland identify a previously undetected gene variant in Northern Australia cattle breeds, such as brahmans, solving a mystery that has frustrated producers for years.

https://medium.com/the-story-well/nettie-stevens-the-scientist-who-never-got-credit-02348630ab23

Nettie Stevens, the scientist who never got credit.
Recognition doesn’t always follow achievement.

Her work changed how science understands biological development, yet her name rarely appears.

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Nettie Stevens, the scientist who never got credit

Recognition doesn’t always follow achievement.

Medium

Golgi vesicles modulate mitochondrial fission

🔬 Vesicles aid mitochondrial fission by interacting with organelles
📉 Arf1 silencing causes mitochondrial hyperfusion
🔍 ER proximity suggests Arf1 role downstream of MERC formation

#CellBiology #MitochondrialFunction #ScientificResearch https://dev.tnyp.me/a55QqHph/m

Scientists are rapidly embracing AI, with AI-related publications increasing nearly 30-fold since 2010. But experts behind the Stanford AI Index warn that today’s autonomous AI agents still struggle with reliable multi-step scientific reasoning.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01199-z

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Human scientists trounce the best AI agents on complex tasks

State-of-the-industry report finds that, despite the limitations of artificial-intelligence systems, researchers have embraced them.

Unexpected results are often treated as failures. But new research suggests they may help unlock creativity instead. Reflecting on unplanned outcomes improved idea generation in brainstorming experiments.

🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-serendipity-harnessed-unplanned-outcomes-benefits.html

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Can serendipity be harnessed? Reflecting on unplanned outcomes offers benefits

Superglue, penicillin, X-rays, the pacemaker: All are examples of "happy accidents"—inventions by individuals trying to do one thing, and winding up with something superior to the original objective.

Phys.org
Trump Does An RFK Jr.: Fires Entire 22 Member Board Of The National Science Foundation

The Trump administration’s war on science has been a furious one. Be it deep cuts to scientific research, policies that ignore scientific research, or the appointment of deeply unscientific p…

Techdirt

Virologist Ralph Baric’s role in pre-pandemic coronavirus research is under scrutiny. Paul Thacker examines suppressed debates on #COVID19 origins, transparency, and accountability in science. Plus: Pentagon reform, political violence, and Biden admin allegations on the RealClearInvestigations Podcast. #scientificresearch

https://wesearch.press/s/the-covid-cover-up-with-paul-thacker-d459c346?utm_source=social&utm_medium=auto&utm_campaign=mastodon

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