Reality and illusion in magpie-lark song-and-dance duets
A new study shows Australian magpie-larks may use a ventriloquial illusion to make their vocal duets more threatening.
A new study shows Australian magpie-larks may use a ventriloquial illusion to make their vocal duets more threatening.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2022
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A new fossil galaxy, which was uncovered via a systematic visual search of legacy survey images using the Mayall 4-meter telescope, led by Dr. David Martinez Delgado, could teach scientists about how galaxies form and confirm ...
Astronomy
Jun 30, 2022
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Reproduction is the ultimate goal in life for most animals, but securing a mate is hard work. You must not only find a potential suitor, but hold their attention, identify yourself, and advertise your quality.
Evolution
Jun 1, 2022
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Warm temperatures strongly enhance the regeneration of thale cress shoots, plant scientists at RIKEN have found. They have also uncovered the molecular mechanism behind this effect, which will help optimize the regeneration ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2022
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Invasive species offer a rare research opportunity, as they often colonize new environments very different to their native habitat. One such species is the Jackson's three-horned chameleon (Triocerus j. xantholophus), which ...
Evolution
May 12, 2022
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Researchers from Finland, Canada, and Russia have discovered an unusual, hourglass-shaped dust trail of the comet 17P/Holmes. The particles that formed the dust trail were released by the most powerful of the thus-far documented ...
Astronomy
May 4, 2022
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This impressive image shows the strangely lopsided spiral galaxy NGC 772, which lies over 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Aries. Captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai'i, one half of the international ...
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2022
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As unlikely as it sounds, a simple tooth could play a significant role in the world's clean energy future.
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2022
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Jumping spiders, the flamboyant dandies of the eight-legged set, have names inspired by peacocks, cardinals and other colorful icons.
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2022
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Navigation doesn't always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating wings. Fish swimming upriver, crabs scuttling sideways, and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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