Active sensors are incorporated into a number of technologies, such as meteorology devices and self-driving cars, and use the echo from sound, radio or light waves to locate objects. But despite nearly a century of development, ...
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Nov 8, 2018
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When asked to describe a vampire, most people think of a tall, pale creature, with fangs and a cloak. But were the creatures of folklore inspired by real traits seen in the animal kingdom? From avoiding sunlight to using ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2018
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Baby birds learn to fly. Baby mammals switch from milk to solid food. Baby bats, as winged mammals, do both at the same time during their transition from infants to flying juveniles. According to a new report from researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2018
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Could bats' cave-dwelling nocturnal habits over eons enhanced their echolocation acoustic abilities, but also spurred their loss of vision?
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2018
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To help determine forest restoration goals in Costa Rica, postdoctoral scholar Rachel Reid will travel to Central America this winter to explore a cave long inhabited by bats. The work is supported by WashU's Living Earth ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2018
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For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebola virus species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or sick animal.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 27, 2018
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Light pollution is rapidly increasing around the world. Nocturnal animals are likely to be especially affected, but how they respond to artificial light is still largely unknown. In a new study, scientists from the Leibniz ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2018
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Fireflies flash not just for sex, but survival, a new study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2018
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The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS, will be flying closer to the sun than ever when a pair of Russian cosmonauts installs the antennae for its state-of-the-art animal tracking system ...
Ecology
Aug 14, 2018
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Did you know that the collective noun for bats is a "cloud", or that in the first scientific classification of mammals, bats were placed close to humans because, like us, they have two nipples? The book Bat, by Tessa Laird, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2018
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