Articles by

Jake Buehler

Octopus arms are adaptable but some are favored for particular jobs

All eight arms of an octopus can be used for whatever their cephalopod owner wishes, but some...

A sixth mass extinction? Not so fast, some scientists say

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s...

These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Take a deep breath. A flow of air...

Horses may have become rideable with the help of a genetic mutation

Two key gene variants may have made early domesticated horses more tame and more physically resilient to...

The mysterious, extinct ‘Fuegian dog’ was actually a semi-tame fox

A strange and mysterious extinct dog breed from far southern South America might not have been a...

Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas

Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution...

A child’s biological sex may not always be a random 50-50 chance

Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new...

Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s archaeological past

A millennium-long story about Greenland is written in the genes of the island’s sled dogs. A new genomic...