Stories by Rich Sobel on Medium

A New Way That Genes are Regulated Has Been Uncovered.

Rich Sobel — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:54:52 GMT

And it works through a biochemical genetic process called RNA Backtracking.

Rich Sobel — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:42:41 GMT

They also repel water to help camouflage the bugs and their egg masses. That’s a good thing for leaf hoppers.

Rich Sobel — Tue, 14 May 2024 10:52:42 GMT

Obtained using AI to stack thousands of electron microscope images of a tiny piece taken from a woman’s brain.

Rich Sobel — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:55:27 GMT

They are even smaller than virus particles but still have the ability to pass instructions to larger forms of life.

Rich Sobel — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:27:27 GMT

They’re called glass frogs and you can see their insides right through their skin!

Rich Sobel — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:11:33 GMT

It makes a very large and very unpleasant smelling flower that also steals genes

Rich Sobel — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:54:00 GMT

Does the size of a creature’s cells or genome specify its evolutionary path? That was what we thought, but data from salamanders question…

Rich Sobel — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 05:46:12 GMT

What turtles can tell us about our planet

Rich Sobel — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 02:27:31 GMT

Hogfish can choose which colour they change into

Rich Sobel — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:07:24 GMT

New data has comb jellies replacing sponges as the closest known living relative of the very first animals that appeared on Earth.