Sperm Whales Use Bubbles as Ballast To Do Their Bizarre Vertical Rest
Schematic image showing sperm whales using bubbles while resting. Image purely for illustrative purposes. In one of the…
As Mars’s atmosphere thinned and its surface became cold, dry and irradiated billions of years ago, any surviving microbial life may have found its last refuge underground. Yet the environments most capable of sheltering life could lie metres—or kilometres—below the surface, far deeper than any spacecraft has directly sampled.
Mars has a life-search problem built into its geology. The material we can reach most easily sits in…
Mating season may be behind monkeying around on Hong Kong MTR tracks: expert
Hong Kong could see more monkey encounters during the animals’ mating season, an expert has said, after one…
How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar
Summary: Researchers discovered that greater Japanese horseshoe bats adjust and align their echolocation call frequencies when living in…
Bangladesh plans to plant 250 million trees in five years; conservationists warn the wrong trees could damage entire ecosystems
Bangladesh is preparing for one of its most ambitious green initiatives yet: a nationwide plan to plant 250…
SpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley Says
(Bloomberg) — The selloff in SpaceX shares has driven the stock near a level that would imply investors…
Pima County sees record bat exposures in July
TUCSON, Ariz. — It’s the time of year when bats are seen throughout Pima County, and it is…
Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
The next step was to examine how the CRISPR complex interacted with them, using the AlphaFold AI-based protein-folding…
Yemen’s valleys and farms are full of dangerous plastic waste | Environment News
Wadi Dawan, Yemen – From above, Wadi Dawan looks untouched – a ribbon of date palms winding through…
Juno Measures the Heat Below Io’s Restless Surface
Jupiter’s moon Io is a strange one. It’s the driest object in the Solar System, has the strongest…
Scientists make rare discovery in Northeast Greenland National Park
A local diver captured a rare glimpse of an elusive blue-ringed octopus carrying her eggs off Australia’s Victoria…
Scientists discover master molecular switch for ginseng saponin production
Sanchi ginseng (Panax notoginseng) is a cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine, prized for its saponins-bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory,…