Some Hummingbird Beaks Are Better Suited for Combat Than Nectar Feeding
Who knew these little guys were so ready to fight?
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Who knew these little guys were so ready to fight?
The scientists behind the work hope to one day use these methods on major food crops to help reduce world hunger.
New research shows that garbage piles produced by leaf-cutter ants emit significant amounts of nitrous oxide.
A pair of researchers is pretty sure that one of the recordings is nothing more nefarious than a particularly loud cricket.
As the climate warms and Antarctic ice losses accelerate, such information could help forecast the future of Earth’s coastlines.
“Most patients had a scar for life, not only on their skin, but also on their minds.”
If a tree falls in the woods and only a bioacoustic monitor is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Cute as this feature might be, it actually raises a dog’s risk of serious health problems.
For the first time in history, a mobile probe is active on the far side of the Moon.
The new year has brought important milestones for two space missions—but only one of them deals in the very survival of the human species.
Dramatic population declines in recent decades have led to a startling lack of genetic diversity and a slew of harmful mutations among these great apes.
The landing marks the first time that any known spacecraft has made a soft landing on that side of the moon.
The pulsar-based system combines the long-term stability of pulsar measurements with the precision of vibrating atoms to create more accurate clocks.
"Humans are no longer in charge of anything. They do what they are told. If they don’t, the robots kill them."
If you’re itching for a resolution to latch onto this New Year’s, it seems there’s a pretty good one ripe for the taking.
Just call them lunar eclipses. Please.
