Bats growl like death metal singers and Mongolian throat singers
Many animals produce sound to communicate with each other, and bats are no exception. But bats are extreme when it comes to sound production.
Many animals produce sound to communicate with each other, and bats are no exception. But bats are extreme when it comes to sound production.
Plants & Animals
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The story of Candida auris starts in 2009, when a 70-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital. Something discharges from one of her ears, and the doctors routinely take samples of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2022
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Extreme weather such as prolonged drought and heavy rainfall is becoming more and more common as the global average temperature rises—and it will only get worse in the coming decades. How will the planet's ecosystems respond?
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2022
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Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal.
Archaeology
Jul 25, 2022
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All living organisms age and die—there is no way of escaping death. But not all organisms follow the same pattern of weakening and deterioration to old age and death—counter-intuitive as it may seem.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2022
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Antibiotic resistance is a ticking timebomb under public health. The WHO predicts that in 2050 more people will die from infections than from cancer—and we are talking about infections that we today consider harmless; infections ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2022
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When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, not only science but society was revolutionized. Today, researchers and the medical industry routinely create artificial DNA structures for many purposes, including ...
Biochemistry
Jan 10, 2022
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There is more going on in the deep, dark ocean waters than you may think: Uncountable numbers of invisible microorganisms go about their daily lives in the water columns, and now researchers have discovered that some of them ...
Ecology
Jan 6, 2022
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Cancer is often considered as a human disease. While it is true that cancer seriously affects humans, other animals also experience this disease. Not just pets, but wild animals too.
Evolution
Dec 22, 2021
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The melodic and diverse songs of birds frequently inspire pop songs and poems, and have been for centuries, all the way back to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" or "The Nightingale" by H.C. Andersen.
Plants & Animals
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