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The Dirt That Refused to Die

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-01 Cached

Researchers found that sterilized soil continues to consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide for years, suggesting metabolic-like reactions can occur outside living cells. The finding, published in Science Advances, may imply that some biochemical processes predate life on Earth.

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The bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-14 Cached

New research published in Nature reveals that bird retinas survive without oxygen by using anaerobic glycolysis, solving a long-standing paradox of how one of the most metabolically active tissues functions without blood perfusion.

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The Biochemical Beauty of Retatrutide: How GLP-1s Work

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-11 Cached

The article explains the biochemical mechanism of GLP-1 agonists, including the new drug retatrutide, and how they regulate appetite and energy metabolism by mimicking natural hormones.

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