Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized …read more Source:: Science
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Retinal cells ‘go with the flow’ to assess own motion through space
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•A new study helps to explain how specialized retinal cells help stabilize vision by perceiving how their owner is moving. …read more Source:: Science
Meals on the go: The physics of baleen whales’ eating habits
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•Researchers detail for the first time how baleen whales use crossflow filtration to separate prey from water without ever coming into contact with the baleen. …read more Source:: Science
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
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•New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000 years ago — ranging across Eurasia before it went extinct — is more closely related …read more Source:: Science
Astonishingly speedy brain mechanism helps bats get louder when necessary
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•When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. Researchers have now measured just how fast the response occurs in bats: 30 milliseconds. That’s just a …read more Source:: Science
Japan’s largest complete dinosaur skeleton discovered
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•The complete skeleton of an eight-meter-long dinosaur has been unearthed from marine deposits dating back 72 million years at Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, making it the largest dinosaur skeleton …read more Source:: Science
Why rocks flow slowly in Earth’s middle mantle
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•Using an anvil made of diamond, researchers discover an secret of Earth’s lower mantle. …read more Source:: Science
Hubble’s tale of two exoplanets: Nature vs. nurture
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•Is it a case of nature versus nurture when it comes to two ‘cousin’ exoplanets? In a unique experiment, scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study two ‘hot Jupiter’ …read more Source:: Science
Small group of cells within a plant embryo operate in similar way to the human brain
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•A new study has revealed a group of cells that function as a ‘brain’ for plant embryos capable of assessing environmental conditions and dictating when seeds will germinate. …read more Source:: Science
Tactile sensor gives robots new capabilities
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•Eight years ago, researchers unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed 3-D map of its surface. Now, by …read more Source:: Science