Navigating diverse terrains is crucial for wild-operating robotics but remains a grand challenge. Research on Chinese rice grasshoppers reveals a surprising adaptation: Their ability to swim and leap ...

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Structural MRIs of the brains of humans with extensive navigation experience, licensed London taxi drivers, were analyzed and compared with those of control subjects who did not drive taxis. The ...

Contributed by Jian-Kang Zhu; received November 8, 2024; accepted March 7, 2025; reviewed by Cao Xu and Ramin Yadegari ...

Compartmentalization of biomolecules within lipid membranes is a fundamental requirement of living systems and an essential feature of many pharmaceutical therapies. However, applications of ...

Recognizing predators and judging the level of threat that they pose is a crucial skill for many wild animals. Human predators present a particularly interesting challenge, as different groups of ...

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Finally, studies needed to indicate whether they involved experiments in pots (i.e., any container with dimensions <1 m) or in ecosystems. We made a distinction between studies on intact and disturbed ...

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Contributed by J. C. Séamus Davis; received November 1, 2024; accepted February 10, 2025; reviewed by Yasutomo J. Uemura and Han Yan ...

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