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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers"
10+ mon, 6+ day ago (714+ words) Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the background. Now, researchers report a big step towards being able to recreate their superpower. A team led by UC…...
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....
Clever Cow Documented Using Tools in an Astonishing Scientific First
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (726+ words) Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks. In a series of controlled experiments, a Swiss Brown cow (Bos taurus) named Veronika has demonstrated her tool-use proficiency, revealing…...
This Week in Science: Ocean 'Backrooms', Plastic Cookies, And More!
2+ week, 1+ day ago (373+ words) This Week in Science: Reversing Alzheimer's damage, the safest place on Earth, and more! First up: Oceanographers exploring a sonar blip assumed they'd find a shipwreck....
This Week in Science: Mosquito Magnets, Bonus Benefits of GLP-1s, And More
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (366+ words) This Week in Science: Staring at the Sun, unraveling the 'farm effect', and much more! First up: You're not imagining it – it turns out that some people really do attract more mosquitoes than others....
This Week in Science: A Cannabis Standard Measure, Bizarre Lifeforms, And More!
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (428+ words) This week in science: Scientists propose new standard measures for cannabis use; mysterious ancient lifeforms don't comfortably fit on the tree of life; the world's oldest rock art discovered; and much more! UK scientists have calculated a standard measure for…...
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…...
This Week in Science: Remembering Jane Goodall, a Fertility Breakthrough, And More!
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) annual Fat Bear Week competition, held by Katmai National Park in Alaska. Congrats, Chunk! This fella weighs...
What Do You See? This Week's Monday Microscope Mystery
1+ week, 5+ day ago (414+ words) Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your detective skills to the test. This week's mystery looks almost cosmic – a scatter of…...
This Week in Science: Fussy Cats, Ghostly Sounds, And Much More!
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (126+ words) This week in science: Why your cat won't eat; a possible explanation for why some places feel haunted; a simulated end of the Universe; and much more! Scientists Reveal The Optimal Amount of Sleep to Lower Dementia Risk [caption id…...