February 27, 2024

Stinky Solutions

Scientists in Australia recently came up with a novel solution to safely deter herbivores from eating certain plant species, Cosmos magazine reported. Due to a lack of natural predators, there are many native and invasive herbivores in Australia ravishing the country’s flora and threatening biodiversity. Ecologists from...

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February 26, 2024

Unbreakable

In 2010, researchers uncovered four 1,700-year-old speckled chicken eggs at a Roman pit in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, as well as pottery vessels and leather shoes. All four eggs were intact when they were first found. Unfortunately, three of them broke despite careful efforts to extract them...

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February 23, 2024

Battle of the Sexes

Primatologists have held the belief that a vast majority of primate societies are dominated by the male species. But a recent study is challenging those long-standing assumptions, Scientific American reported. A research team analyzed dominance patterns in 79 living primate species, taking into account factors such as...

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February 22, 2024

Hot Wheels

In Paris, London and Madrid, tourists use Segways or scooters to see the cities. In Medellín, Colombia, some use wheelchairs to get a whole new view of the cityscape – and of mobility, the World reported. “It puts you in the shoes of someone with a...

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February 21, 2024

Mixing to Thrive

Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, capable of reaching lengths of 110 feet long. Unfortunately, they are also listed as an endangered species as a result of intense commercial whaling over the 20th century. But even as their numbers rebound, there is a blue whale...

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February 20, 2024

Reading the Unreadable

Artificial intelligence recently deciphered part of a 2,000-year-old charred scroll found in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, a breakthrough that some scholars say could “rewrite the history” of the ancient world, NBC News reported. Earlier this month, three computer-savvy students won a $700,000 prize for...

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February 19, 2024

Outliving the Giants

Scientists recently analyzed data from nearly 590,000 dogs in the United Kingdom to determine what sort of factors determine a pooch’s lifespan, Smithsonian Magazine reported. The sample included purebreds and crossbreeds, including more than 280,000 deceased canines. Researchers wrote that the study targeted size, face shape,...

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February 16, 2024

A Complicated Pox

Scientists have long thought that Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors brought syphilis back from the New World to Europe in the late 1400s, Insider reported. The continent experienced a huge outbreak of the sexually transmitted disease that killed up to five million people during this...

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February 15, 2024

Counting Nemo

In the animal kingdom, counting skills usually help creatures in going after larger meals or finding safety in groups. But a new study on clownfish showed that the colorful marine species is able to “count” to identify other fish, Science Magazine reported. The vibrant-looking fish, made famous...

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February 14, 2024

Genius Behind Sound

Johann Sebastian Bach is held as one of the greatest composers of Western classical music that ever lived. Now, scientists say they know why, New Scientist reported. That conclusion came about after researcher Suman Kulkarni and her colleagues wanted to understand how the ability to recall...

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February 13, 2024

Beak Power

Rosy-faced lovebirds, known for their intelligence, have surprised researchers with their problem-solving abilities, particularly while navigating tricky situations by literally using their heads, according to the New York Times. In a new study, biomechanist Edwin Dickinson and his team observed how the small parrot moved along...

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February 12, 2024

Dangerous Greens

Astronauts: Beware of the lettuce. That’s because while a 2020 study found that lettuce grown in space was as safe and nutritious as the leafy greens found on Earth, new research has shown that space-grown salad could make space explorers very sick, according to Science Alert. In...

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February 09, 2024

Cracking the Code

The ancient tradition of carpet weaving in the northern Indian region of Kashmir features patterns that rely on a symbolic code, called talim. Designers have used the method for centuries to communicate information to weavers, who make the carpets by hand. In the traditional process, a...

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February 08, 2024

Hubba Bubba

Ancient teenagers likely liked chewing gum, too. And now, the remnants of these chews are helping scientists to unveil fascinating details about Stone Age teenagers’ diets and oral health in Sweden, Agence France-Presse reported. The gum – made from birch bark pitch – was first discovered at...

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February 07, 2024

Deadly Spells

A new study found that three pandemics in the Roman Empire aligned with periods of abnormally cold and dry weather, indicating a potential link between climate change and Rome’s decline, New Scientist reported. Researcher Kyle Harper and his team analyzed sediment core data from the Adriatic...

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February 06, 2024

Grand Theft Pollen

There is no question that honeybees are very industrious insects – but that doesn’t mean they don’t engage in the occasional bit of larceny, Science News reported. Researchers in Italy recently discovered that honeybees steal pollen from the bodies of bumblebees, in a study marked as...

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February 05, 2024

The Flap Ruse

A team of paleontologists came up with a creative way to test an evolutionary theory about why some dinosaur species had feathers, Cosmos Magazine reported. Because they lacked an actual living dinosaur, researchers built a robot resembling a Caudipteryx – a bipedal, peacock-sized predator from the...

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February 02, 2024

Push-Pull

When individuals try to recall something, the wheels begin turning in the brain in what is turning out to be a highly complex process. And now, new research has uncovered a new gear – a “neural coding mechanism” in the brain that allows information to be...

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February 01, 2024

Happy Humans, Happy Dogs

When dogs wag their tails, humans think they are happy. However, a new study shows that tail-wagging likely evolved because of human happiness, the Washington Post reported. Watching YouTube videos of wolves, animal researcher Taylor Hersh noticed they hardly wagged their tails. That was odd considering that...

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January 31, 2024

A Shark Check

Artistic depictions and recent popular culture have described the megalodon shark as a leviathan-sized predator that terrorized Earth’s oceans tens of millions of years ago. But a new study suggested it was nothing like the great white shark on steroids portrayed in the recent “The Meg”...

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