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Monstrous octopus terrorized seas off B.C. in Age of Dinosaurs, study suggests

Whale-sized, monstrous octopuses prowled the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs, snatching prey with their huge tentacles and crunching them with powerful jaws, fossils from B.C. and Japan suggest.

From the CBC News-2026-4-23:20:6:1

Meet the 19-metre octopus that prowled the ancient seas

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.

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Girl, 6, has sight restored through gene therapy

Saffie's mum says Luxturna therapy at Great Ormond Street has been like "someone waved a magic wand".

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Apr 29 08:00Beyond gene duplication: A-to-I RNA editing-mediated stop codon readthrough modulates Dbf2 dosage to resolve pleiotropic conflicts - Yanfei Du, et al. (PNAS)
Apr 29 08:00Gene loss, repression, amplification, and horizontal acquisition shape galactose/melibiose metabolism in fission yeast - Xiao-Min Du, et al. (PNAS)
Apr 29 08:00Plasticity-led evolution of the gut length in wild medaka - Kiyoshi Naruse, et al. (PNAS)
Apr 29 08:00Expanding the repertoire for molluscan structural colors - Suzanne T. , et al. (PNAS)
Apr 29 08:00Parallel algorithms for phylogenetic inference under a structured coalescent approximation - Yucai Shao, et al. (PNAS)
Apr 29 08:00A Trojan horse pathogen breaking through partner-choice barriers in the insect gut - Kota Ishigami, et al. (PNAS)
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