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16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite
When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that many animals face is dispersal—being able to pick up and leave to...
Dinosaur skull turns paleontology assumptions on their head
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has unearthed a well-preserved Styracosaurus skull—and its facial imperfections have implications for how paleontologists identify...
Researchers reach milestone in quantum standardization
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to establishing universal standards for measuring the performance of...
Study finds Indigenous culture boosts children’s outcomes
The research, published in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, analysed data from Australia's Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children to better understand the link...
Ultrafast quantum simulations: A new twist to an old approach
Billions of tiny interactions occur between thousands of particles in every piece of matter in the blink of an eye. Simulating these interactions in...
A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm, study finds
Scientists placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees fared over the growing season. To the researchers'...
Researchers report first recording of a blue whale’s heart rate
Encased in a neon orange plastic shell, a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface of the Monterey Bay, waiting to be retrieved...
Unravelling the venomous bite of an endangered mammal
Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have worked with a team of scientists from institutions across...
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with...
Potent antimicrobial found that shows promise in fighting staph infections
Research led by scientists from McMaster University has yielded a potent antimicrobial that works against the toughest infectious disease strains. The find could be...
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
By the second trimester, long before a baby's eyes can see images, they can detect light.
But the light-sensitive cells in the developing retina—the thin sheet of...
