How do ants crawl on walls? A biologist explains their sticky, spiky, gravity-defying grip
How do ants crawl on walls?—Ethan, age 9, Dallas, Texas
How do ants crawl on walls?—Ethan, age 9, Dallas, Texas
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2022
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On the surface, it looks like any other bay near Hobart. But beneath the calm waters live a small population of one of the rarest and most endangered fish in the world: the red handfish.
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2022
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"Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don't wait."
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2022
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The use of hand sanitizing gels and increased hand-washing practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the environment and—by extension—public health.
Environment
Feb 25, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China, the U.S. and Brazil has used "handedness" in chiral gold nanoparticles to enhance immune response to the influenza virus in mice. The group describes their ...
Researchers are highlighting the importance of basic personal hygiene, such as hand washing, after finding significant levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wild bird feces at locations close to the River Cam in Cambridgeshire.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2021
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Moorthy killed 21 people and terrorised entire villages in southern India for years before he was captured and retrained to repel similar attacks by other wild elephants starved due to deforestation.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2021
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As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking "I Shake Hands" stickers to help ease awkward social encounters.
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2021
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Using magnets, a collaborative group have furthered our understanding of chirality.
General Physics
May 21, 2021
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A team of researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has found that the human hand can be used as a powerless infrared radiation (IR) source in multiple kinds of applications. In their paper published in Proceedings of ...