Ever wonder how roaches are able to get into anything, no matter how tight the seams? Biologists have now shown that the American cockroach can flatten its body to one-fifth …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 8, 2016
Snug as a bug: the hated cockroach inspires a helpful robot
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People use a lot of words to describe the reviled cockroach: disgusting, ugly, sneaky and repulsive, to name a few. But it may be time to add …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Fossil discovery: Extraordinary ‘big-mouthed’ fish from Cretaceous Period
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•Two new plankton-eating fossil fish species of the genus called Rhinconichthys have been discovered from the oceans of the Cretaceous Period, about 92 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the …read more Source:: Science
Older and younger adults surf different brain waves
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•Cognitive scientists have found more evidence that aging brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task, pointing to a potentially new direction for age-related cognitive care …read more Source:: Science
Wolf species have ‘howling dialects’
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•Largest quantitative study of howling, and first to use machine learning, defines different howl types and finds that wolves use these types more or less depending on their species, resembling …read more Source:: Science
Early human ancestor didn’t have the jaws of a nutcracker
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•South Africa’s Australopithecus sediba, discovered in 2008 at the renowned archaeological site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, is again helping us to study and understand …read more Source:: Science
New dinosaur species offers evolutionary clues
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•Paleontologists say a 201-million-year-old dinosaur fossil found two years ago on a Welsh beach could offer vital clues to understanding the evolution from the late Triassic to the early Jurassic …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Scientists investigate suspected meteorite death in southern India
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•CHENNAI (Reuters) – Indian scientists are investigating whether a man was killed by a meteorite, which if confirmed would be the first recorded death from falling fragments of space rock …read more Source:: UKScienceNews