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A Mysterious Quantum Compass May Be Hiding Inside Pigeons' Livers
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) Long before the arrival of internet messengers, pigeons were prized and bred for their ability to find their way back home across vast distances, a message tied to their leg....
Scientists Discover Strange Horn-Shaped 'Hyperparasite', a World First
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (31+ words) Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo's jungles that preys on "zombie fungus" that are known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome death....
This Week in Science: Vampire Squid, a Galactic Tornado, And Much More!
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (390+ words) This week in science: the genetic secrets of the 'vampire squid from hell'; a dinosaur superhighway; the longest known spinning structure in the Universe; and much more! Boosting a protein called Sox9 in the brain sends clean-up cells into overdrive, reversing…...
Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (374+ words) An ant nest can appear to be a jumble of tiny bodies moving independently....
Orcas Keep Punching Giant Sunfish to Smithereens, And Scientists Are Mesmerized
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (893+ words) Well, sea shenanigans are once again afoot – and the culprit is very much the usual suspect. Orcas (Orcinus orca) are already renowned for their elaborate and effective hunting techniques, from generating waves to wash seals off ice floes to surgically…...
Bird Feathers May Shed Heat Into Space, Engineers Explain
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (651+ words) Earth constantly loses heat through the atmosphere and into space, including countless plumes of energy that escape every day from an under-explored, possibly surprising source: birds. Yet as human-driven climate change skews this heat exchange and increasingly warms our planet,…...
X-Rays Reveal First Evidence That Mammal Ancestors Laid Eggs
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (676+ words) such a rare specimen anywhere near a particle accelerator. But synchrotron tomography non-destructively...
This Week in Science: Cats Meow More at Men, Depression Relief, And More!
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (428+ words) This week in science: sleep found to be a key factor in life expectancy; cats meow twice as much at men as at women; a quick-acting relief for depression; and much more! Not getting enough sleep has been linked to…...
Physicists Discover How Slime Mold 'Makes Decisions' Without a Brain
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (894+ words) Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings. They're not true molds. They're not even fungi. For most of their lives, they exist as either plasmodia or amoebae, and they refuse to be held back by the rigid structures that govern other…...
This Week in Science: A Grisly Giant Jar, a Self-Aware Whale, And More!
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (62+ words) This Week in Science: human remains found in an ancient, giant jar; a new member of the self-recognition club; new clues to why 90 percent of us are right-handed; and much more! Archaeologists Excavated a Giant Stone Jar And Found a…...