Collaborate Disseminate
Bee populations are declining at alarming rates around the world, and that could have profound consequences for human civilization. Along with things like drought and habitat loss, the widespread use of pesticides is a huge driving force behind these d… Continue reading Common pesticide found to interfere with the sleep cycles of bees
Paleontologists have found and described what may be the last dinosaur body part we didn’t know anything about – the butthole. Better yet, it seems like it might have evolved to look and yes, even smell, nice to suitors.Continue ReadingCategory: Scienc… Continue reading First dinosaur butt discovered and described in (too much) detail
Paleontologists have found and described what may be the last dinosaur body part we didn’t know anything about – the butthole. Better yet, it seems like it might have evolved to look and yes, even smell, nice to suitors.Continue ReadingCategory: Scienc… Continue reading First dinosaur butt discovered and described in (too much) detail
Hydrogen holds great potential as a clean energy source, largely because it produces no CO2 and only emits water vapor when used in a fuel cell. Most production, however, requires the use of fossil fuels, which has motivated much research into cleaner … Continue reading Sugary droplets turn algal cells into miniature hydrogen factories
Intrigued by the remarkable ability of birds to remain stable in the face of powerful winds, aerospace engineers in the UK have carried out a study to examine the phenomenon in great detail. By observing a barn owl in flight as it contended with bluste… Continue reading Lessons from barn owl flight could help aircraft handle strong winds
Totally safe, self-charging batteries that generate power for thousands of years … It’s an exciting thought, and when we wrote about California’s NDB in August, the story generated all kinds of feedback. A lot of people felt some of NDB’s claims were… Continue reading Arkenlight “surprised” by NDB’s grand nuclear diamond battery claims
If you’re afraid of sharks, be thankful you didn’t live 20 million years ago when the seas were patrolled by the Megalodon. This monstrous prehistoric shark was more than twice the size of a great white, and now a new detailed analysis has found just h… Continue reading New analysis reveals just how big the monstrous Megalodon really was
Our view of the ancient past is set to become a bit clearer after an international team of scientists completed a major recalibration of radiocarbon dating. The seven-year global effort used almost 15,000 samples from a variety of sources to draw new, … Continue reading Radiocarbon dating curves recalibrated to boost archaeological accuracy
While all kinds of questions remain around how sperm travel and go about fertilizing eggs, they have generally been thought to propel themselves forward by moving their tails side-to-side like an eel. Scientists have tapped advanced 3D microscopy and h… Continue reading Sperm swim like corkscrewing otters, not swishing eels, study shows
Given how compounds such as flavoring slowly dissipate out of gum as it’s being chewed, scientists are now looking into the controlled oral delivery of drugs via medicated gum. A new robot is being designed with that in mind, as a way of standardizing … Continue reading “Chewing robot” could one day test medicated gum