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Octopuses, like humans, sleep in two stages
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Mar. 25, 2021 , 11:00 AM The trait may have evolved independently twice Do octopuses dream? Scientists haven’t cracked that mystery, but they have come a bit closer. A new study reveals that, like us, … Continue reading
This cockatoo sure can dance
This story involves a cockatoo that can dance – and the researchers who have spent the past decade studying him. Snowball has 14 different moves in his dance routine which experts believe shows some birds are capable of sophisticated cognitive … Continue reading
The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far | Scientific American
By Vaughn Cooper on March 24, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations No doubt you’ve heard about the novel coronavirus variants that are evolving around the world. There now appear to be more than a … Continue reading
Corals may need their predators’ excrement: Coral-eating fish excrete symbiotic algae by the millions, may keep reefs healthy
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with feces. Marine biologists found high concentrations of living symbiotic algae in the feces of coral predators on reefs in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Fish that dine on corals may pay it … Continue reading
The Beauty: A Poignant Animated Short Film Reimagines Plastic Waste as Ocean Life
“Simultaneously stunning and filthy” is how director Pascal Schelbli describes his 2019 short film “The Beauty.” A cautionary reimagining of the world’s rampant plastic pollution, the arresting animation reenvisions waste as lively sea life: a bubble-wrap fish puffs up, a … Continue reading
Inside the black hole image that made history | Sheperd Doeleman
At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there’s a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, for the first time ever, we can see it. Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman, head of … Continue reading
Needlework On Nature | Edge of Humanity Magazine
Photographer Jackie Mulder is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the series ‘Nature’. More: Needlework On Nature
Quantum Physics and Universal Beauty – with Frank Wilczek
How simple questions inspired Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Frank’s book “A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design” is available to purchase now – https://geni.us/Cz75S63 Nobel laureate, Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking … Continue reading
Gravitas Plus: Do you sleep for less than 7.5 hours? Watch this
Are you sleeping less than 7.5 hours a night? Your life could be at risk. Studies show sleep deprivation increases the risk of cancer. Sleeping less also makes you a bad worker and takes a toll on your pocket. […]
We Found a Bunch of New Eye Color Genes | SciShow News
[…] Sources: Tear Ducts Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/f… Press release 1: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releas… Press release 2: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releas… Sjogren’s: https://www.sjogrens.org/understandin… ogren Eye Color Original paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/conte… Press release: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas… Mendelian trait: https://www.nature.com/articles/jhg20… Image Sources: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/f… https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia… https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia… https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/st… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… … Continue reading
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