With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a…
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Expanding the Hunt for Hidden Dark Matter Particles
The Science Newswise — Scientific evidence for dark matter comes from observing how it influences the motion of stars and galaxies. Scientists believe that dark matter may consist of particles. To search…
Want to see butterflies in your backyard? Try doing less yardwork
Making the world safer for butterflies can be as easy as doing a bit of nothing. Letting some part of a yard go unmown can boost the number of butterflies…
This orangutan used a medicinal plant on his face wound
With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is Malay for person, while “hutan” means forest. Their similarity to…
Belugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat
The beluga whale wears its heart on its sleeve — or rather, its forehead. Researchers have created a visual encyclopedia of the different expressions that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity…
Plant ‘time bombs’ highlight how sneaky invasive species can be
A stealthy, destructive weed — the sycamore maple — began its “don’t worry, just love me” phase of invading Great Britain so long ago that the tree didn’t have what…
Pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage,…
Global North energy outsourcing demands more attention, researchers say
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Manufacturing nations in the Global North are stockpiling energy and emission problems by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global South, a new study…
Study shows key role of physical activity and body mass in lung function growth in childhood
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) sheds light on the growth of lung function in children. The results show that…
Research team manufactures the first universal, programmable and multifunctional photonic chip
(BTS base station, CS central station, DC data center, AI artificial intelligence, AWG arbitrary waveform generation, IoT Internet of things, MIMO multiple input multiple outputs). Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI:…
