Self-watering soil could transform farming
A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it...
Death from below: the first video of a parasitic wasp attacking caterpillar underwater
A very few species of parasitoid wasps can be considered aquatic. Less than 0.1% of the species we know today have been found to...
Mars plays shepherd to our moon’s long-lost twin, scientists find
An international team of planetary scientists led by astronomers at AOP have found an asteroid trailing behind Mars with a composition very similar to...
Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similarly to modern humans
Neanderthals behaved similarly to modern humans in raising their children, whose pace of growth was similar to Homo sapiens.
Thanks to the combination of geochemical...
Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
ed Monarch butterflies are known for their annual, multi-generation migrations in which individual insects can fly for thousands of miles. But Monarchs have also...
Bats can predict the future, researchers discover
They can't tell fortunes and they're useless with the stock market but bats are quite skilled at predicting one thing: where to find dinner.
Bats...
Warming of 2 C would release billions of tons of soil carbon
Global warming of 2°C would lead to about 230 billion tonnes of carbon being released from the world's soil, new research suggests.
Global soils contain...
New research reports discovery of 5-million-year-old honey badger-like animal
Five million years ago, dangerous carnivores—such as giant wolverines and otters, bears, sabertooth cats, and large hyaenids—prowled the West Coast of South Africa. Today...
Analysis of a Martian meteorite reveals evidence of water 4.4 billion years ago
A meteorite that originated on Mars billions of years ago reveals details of ancient impact events on the red planet. Certain minerals from the...
A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdness
When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations of computing and other technologies. These interactions...
First Australian night bees recorded foraging in darkness
Australian bees are known for pollinating plants on beautiful sunny days, but a new study has identified two species that have adapted their vision...
