Unlike many restaurants that rely on straight-from-the-jar marinara, Ru San’s sauce tastes thoughtfully crafted, with notes of garlic, ginger, and a hint of heat that builds gradually rather than ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than traditional methods.

It’s not just a figure of speech - in the cephalopod world, evolution really is an arms race. TierZoo compares species with different limb counts to analyze how dexterity, speed, and intelligence ...