Odd Creatures: Earth & Climate
April 26, 2024
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Apr. 25, 2024 How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, reports a team of mathematicians. Its ...
Apr. 23, 2024 When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years. In research recently published, a species of frog that has evolved over the course of merely 25 years. The adaptation was spurred on by something ...
Apr. 19, 2024 What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a ...
Apr. 18, 2024 A geo-environmental scientist from Japan has composed a string quartet using sonified climate data. The 6-minute-long composition -- entitled 'String Quartet No. 1 'Polar Energy Budget'-- is based on over 30 years of satellite-collected climate data ...
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Apr. 19, 2024 Researchers have found differences between experienced Ordnance Survey (OS) mapmakers and novices in the way that they interpret aerial images for ...
Apr. 17, 2024 To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy ...
Apr. 16, 2024 For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers, this has given the gold new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers show that ozone levels, such as those found in many places on hot summer days today, destroy the sex pheromones of fruit fly species. As a result, some natural mating boundaries ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses. The researchers suspect that these marine worms may ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting consequences that are ...
Apr. 4, 2024 During archaeological excavations in the Schoningen open-cast coal mine in 1994, the discovery of the oldest, remarkably well-preserved hunting weapons known to humanity caused an international ...
Apr. 2, 2024 There is room for just one small bottle in the world's first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. But the mini-prototype is groundbreaking: it ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers have discovered a new bacterial killer that can target common lung infection caused by Burkholderia bacteria that has exciting potential for biotechnological ...
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Apr. 2, 2024 A group of scholars calculated the amount of energy used by AI tools for the tasks of writing and illustrating and compared it to the average amount of energy humans use for the same processes. Their ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Australian rock-wallabies are 'little Napoleons' when it comes to compensating for small size, packing much more punch into their bite than larger relatives. Researchers made the discovery ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Researchers have developed an organic photovoltaic film that is both waterproof and flexible, allowing a solar cell to be put onto clothes and still function correctly after being rained on or even ...
Mar. 26, 2024 An Antarctic large-scale experiment is striving to find out if gravity also exists at the quantum level. An extraordinary particle able to travel undisturbed through space seems to hold the ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Scientists have discovered how honeybees can decipher dances by their hive mates that relay directions to ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, various substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Spiders that disguise themselves as ants live in many locations around the globe but until now most had been able to avoid detection from fossil researchers as well as ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago has revealed there was an international horse trading network, orchestrated by the elites of late ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The team of ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other compounds that fill ...
Mar. 20, 2024 To 'breathe' in an environment without oxygen, bacteria in the ground beneath our feet depend upon a single family of proteins to transfer excess electrons, produced during the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A new visitor was reported on the coast of Cyprus, thanks to the growing power of citizen science. Researchers collected information and specimens through personal communication with amateur ...
Mar. 19, 2024 Namibia's legendary fairy circles are mysterious, circular, bald patches in the dry grasslands on the edge of the Namib Desert. Their formation has been researched for decades and has recently ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Scientists are exploring how tuning the genomes of mushrooms and molds can transform these food sources into gourmet, nutrient-packed meals made with minimal processing and a light environmental ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Seattle may have experienced its own Swift Quake last July, but at an August 2023 concert Taylor Swift's fans in Los Angeles gave scientists a lot of shaking to ponder. After some debate, a ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Healthy coral reefs have rich soundscapes, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp. Larval coral uses these sounds as cues to identify the best ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Sand ripples are symmetrical. Yet wind -- which causes them -- is very much not. Furthermore, sand ripples can be found on Mars and on Earth. They would be even more fascinating if the same effect ...
Mar. 12, 2024 A new study has answered a long-held question about why medium-sized land animals like cheetahs tend to be ...
Mar. 7, 2024 Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball north of Papua New Guinea were almost certainly vibrations from a truck rumbling along a nearby road, new research shows. The findings raise ...
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- Research Uncovers a Rare Resin Fossil Find: A Spider That Aspires to Be an Ant
- Tudor Era Horse Cemetery in Westminster Revealed as Likely Resting Place for Elite Imported Animals
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Researchers Name Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Discovered in Smithsonian Collection After Kermit the Frog
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Deep Earth Electrical Grid Mystery Solved
- Eyes Open and Toes out of Water: How a Giant Water Bug Reached the Island of Cyprus
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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- What Kinds of Seismic Signals Did Swifties Send at LA Concert?
- Sonic Youth: Healthy Reef Sounds Increase Coral Settlement
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Scientists Propose New Theory That Explains Sand Ripples on Mars and on Earth
- Cheetahs' Unrivalled Speed Explained by Their 'sweet Spot' Size, Finds Imperial Study
Thursday, March 7, 2024
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- New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep Off Costa Rica
- Do Some Electric Fish Sense the World Through Comrades' Auras?
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- Science Fiction Meets Reality: New Technique to Overcome Obstructed Views
- Giant New Snake Species Identified in the Amazon
Sunday, February 18, 2024
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- Tiny Ant Species Disrupts Lion's Hunting Behavior
- The Underground Network: Decoding the Dynamics of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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- Sea Otters Helped Prevent Widespread California Kelp Forest Declines Over the Past Century
- Butterflies Could Lose Spots as Climate Warms
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Rain Can Spoil a Wolf Spider's Day, Too
- Artificial 'power Plants' Harness Energy from Wind and Rain
- Space Solar Power Project Ends First in-Space Mission With Successes and Lessons
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- Single-Use E-Cigarettes Contain Batteries That Last Hundreds of Cycles Despite Being Discarded
- How a Drought Led to the Rise of Skateboarding in 1970s California
Monday, December 11, 2023
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- 'Shocking' Discovery: Electricity from Electric Eels May Transfer Genetic Material to Nearby Animals
Monday, December 4, 2023
- More Than a Meteorite: New Clues About the Demise of Dinosaurs
- Broadband Buzz: Periodical Cicadas' Chorus Measured With Fiber Optic Cables
Friday, December 1, 2023
- Unlocking the Secret Strength of Marine Mussels
- One of the Largest Magnetic Storms in History Quantified: Aurorae Covered Much of the Night Sky from the Tropics to the Polar Regions
Thursday, November 30, 2023
- Genomic Study Sheds Light on How Carnivorous Asian Pitcher Plants Acquired Signature Insect Trap
- Sea Fireflies Synchronize Their Sparkle to Seek Soulmates
- The Waxy Surface Protecting Plants Might Hold the Key to Developing Stronger Crops
Monday, November 27, 2023
- Was 'witchcraft' In the Devil's Church in Koli Based on Acoustic Resonance? The Crevice Cave Has a Unique Soundscape
- Wave Devouring Propulsion: A Revolutionary Green Technology for Maritime Sustainability
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
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- 'Cooling Glass' Blasts Building Heat Into Space
- Some of Today's Earthquakes May Be Aftershocks from Quakes in the 1800s
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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- Hummingbirds' Unique Sideways Flutter Gets Them Through Small Apertures
- Found at Last: Bizarre, Egg-Laying Mammal Finally Rediscovered After 60 Years
- Barnacle Bends Shape to Fend Off Warm-Water Sea Snails on the Move
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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- Hebrew Prayer Book Fills Gap in Italian Earthquake History
- The Remains of an Ancient Planet Lie Deep Within Earth
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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- Rider on the Storm: Shearwater Seabird Catches an 11 Hour Ride Over 1,000 Miles in a Typhoon
- Bizarre New Fossils Shed Light on Ancient Plankton
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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Thursday, September 28, 2023
- Why Are Killer Whales Harassing and Killing Porpoises Without Eating Them?
- Polyps as Pixels: Innovative Technique Maps Biochemistry of Coral Reefs
- Wild Asian Elephants Display Unique Puzzle Solving Skills