Daily Insight: A mutation allows octopuses to produce proteins with precision0

• SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• July 11, 2026

You have full access to this article through your institution. Hello Nature Readers, would you like to receive this report in your inbox for free every day? Register here. Shallow-water octopuses appear to have acquired their protein-producing mutation about 100 million years ago, around the same time they developed larger brains.Credit: Norbert Wu/Minden Pictures via