For example, sperm whales eat giant squids, and we know this because we’ve found squid beaks in ambergris – a waxy substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Plus, we sometimes see ...

Sharma is a graduate student at CSAIL and works with advisors like our own Daniela Rus to advance this kind of discovery.

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange ...