Feral cats now cover over 99.8 percent of Australia
Feral cat.
Credit: Courtesy, Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Programme
Feral cats cover over 99.8% of Australia's land area, including...
Dingoes remain top predator despite control measures
New research finds that the culling of dingoes in Australia to protect livestock does not open the way for other predators to take their...
Dingo fence study shows dingo extermination leads to poorer soil
This is a dingo in the Australian outback.
Credit: Anna Normyle
A comparison of conditions in the outback on either side of Australia's dingo fence has...
Genetic study uncovers evolutionary history of dingoes
Pure dingoes come in a variety of colors including ginger, black and tan, white and sable.
Credit: Lyn Watson/Australian Dingo Foundation
A major study of dingo...
How to store information in your clothes invisibly, without electronics
Using magnetic properties of conductive thread, University of Washington researchers are able to store data in fabric. In this example, the code to unlock...
Later start times better for high school students: Poor self-regulation in teens linked to...
Daytime sleepiness and a tendency to be a "night owl," referred to as an evening chronotype, appear to be strongly associated with poor self-regulation.
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Children uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronic screens
A preschooler is exposed to light at night as part of a CU Boulder study measuring the impact of screens on sleep.
Credit: CU Boulder
With...
Chimpanzees shown spontaneously ‘taking turns’ to solve number puzzle
Chimps working on the number sequencing task.
Credit: Christopher F Martin
A new study from Kyoto and Oxford universities and Indianapolis Zoo has shown chimpanzees spontaneously...
New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk
UCI’s BedMachine ice mapping technique enabled the creation of a three-dimensional image of a portion of the northwest coast of Greenland. Ocean bathymetry is...
How life arose from primordial muck: Experimental evidence overturns accepted theory
In the beginning, there were chemicals.
Credit: Illustration by Max Englund
Life on Earth originated in an intimate partnership between the nucleic acids (genetic instructions...
Scientists use marine robots to detect endangered whales
Chief scientist Mark Baumgartner secures a glider (with its wings removed) after it was recovered Dec. 4 from its three-week mission. The gliders are...
