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Plants & Animals May 14, 2014

Researcher publishes clingfish discoveries

(Phys.org) —Sometimes we think we know everything about something only to find out we really don't, said a Texas A&M University scientist.

Plants & Animals May 1, 2014

Jiggy Mazda and the spiders from cars

Recently, the car manufacturer Mazda recalled 40,000 cars because of a "spider invasion". This is not the first time it has happened with Mazda cars. In 2011, a similar reason was given for recalling 52,000 cars.

Archaeology Apr 10, 2014

Ancient 'spider' images reveal eye-opening secrets (w/ video)

Stunning images of a 305-million-year-old harvestman fossil reveal ancestors of the modern-day arachnids had two sets of eyes rather than one.

Archaeology Apr 7, 2014

Ancient shrimp-like animals had 'modern' hearts and blood vessels

An international team of researchers from the University of Arizona, China and the United Kingdom has discovered the earliest known cardiovascular system, and the first to clearly show a sophisticated system complete with ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2014

Explainer: What is a pseudoscorpion?

Pseudoscorpions are commonly known as "false scorpions" or "book scorpions". They belong to the Arachanida class, and, as the name suggests, they are like scorpions but without a stinger on their back end.

Ecology Mar 28, 2014

Winter bug count nets unexpected discoveries

A type of ant that usually resides in warm climates was found for the first time in Canada, in an apartment in Westlock in the dead of winter.

Astronomy Feb 19, 2014

Messier 7: Diamonds in the tail of the scorpion

(Phys.org) —A new image from ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the bright star cluster Messier 7. Easily spotted with the naked eye close to the tail of the constellation of Scorpius, it is one of the most prominent ...

Plants & Animals Jan 14, 2014

How a scorpion gets its sting

Defensins, as their name implies, are small proteins found in plants and animals that help ward off viral, bacterial or fungal pests. One fascinating question of invertebrate evolution is how these proteins evolved into venoms ...

Robotics Jan 3, 2014

Desert dwellers and 'bots reveal physics of movement

Physicist Daniel Goldman and his fellow researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology shed light on a relatively unexplored subject—how organisms such as sea turtles and lizards move on (or within) sand.

Space Exploration Dec 17, 2013

Organics preserved in ancient meteorite-formed glass

Scientists have found organics from Earth's swamp trapped inside of glass created by a meteor impact almost a million years ago. The tiny pockets, only micrometers across, contain material such as cellulose and proteins. ...

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