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Crickets forewarn their offspring about predators before they're born

Tags: Biology

A female cricket can forewarn her unborn offspring of nearby dangers.

Unusually Rapid Changes on Pluto

Tags: Astronomy

Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope show that Pluto has undergone significant reddening in just two years.

Shape matters in black hole growth

Tags: Astronomy

Galaxy Zoo classifications of local galaxies indicate that active elliptical galaxies are markedly different from those with more disk-like or spiral shapes.

Newly Described Bird-like Dinosaur Predates Archaeopteryx by 15-20 Million Years

A new dinosaur species unearthed in China's Gobi Desert strengthens the dinosaur-bird hypothesis and may also provide valuable clues as to how flight evolved.

Evo. Anthro. Study Suggests You Might Be Running Wrong

Tags: Biology

Habitually shoeless runners have a unique step that may be better for our feet than even the most expensive, cushioned running shoe.

Rotifers find answer to parasites by blowing on the wind

Tags: Biology

Bdelloid rotifers protect themselves from fungal infection by completely drying themselves out. This strategy may also be responsible for them giving up sex.

What colours were dinosaur feathers?

Filaments covering the fossils of some small dinosaurs allow an educated guess as to what color these species of dinosaurs may been.

Single-Photon Cooling: Making Maxwell's Demon

Tags: Physics

Maxwell's demon inspires a cooling technique for a gas of atoms using single photons and a magnetic trap.

Echolocation in bats and whales based on same changes to same gene

Tags: Biology

The echolocation abilities of bats and whales, though different in their details, rely on the same changes to the same gene.

Climate Change May Make Fish Commit Predator-Assisted Suicide

Tags: Biology

Higher acidity of the ocean could destroy a fish's ability to detect predators and increases aggression.

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