Scientists produce powerhouse pigment behind octopus camouflage

Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature’s greatest “masters of disguise.” Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the...

A mundane universe and the rarity of advanced civilizations

How could the principle of “radical mundanity” proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven’t found evidence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs)? This is...

Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthrough ‘artificial muscle’

Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they say it could be used in future humanoid robots. Researchers in South Korea have...