4+ day, 13+ min ago  (273+ words) The contest also announced its category winners, which we've highlighted below. "The Earth's eye" " Pawel Zygmunt (Natural Landscape winner) "Following" " Janet Gustin (Wildlife winner) "Whale Dreams" " Remuna Beca (Underwater winner) "A playful humpback whale calf pauses gracefully at the surface…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (361+ words) When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks " and it's inspired by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its inventor is back with a much more capable robotic swift (you know, the bird), which is currently on Kickstarter. Like the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (398+ words) What do nine-time Grammy-winning billionaire Rihanna, stunning beaches, and a potential 50-megawatt wave-energy project have in common? Barbados! The island nation is deploying a unique type of wave energy technology to convert its renowned ocean waves into sustainable electricity and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) This study offers an interesting first look at how UV'excited light emission might appear on deer signposts in the field," says Jonathan Goldenberg, an ecologist at the University of Oslo, who wasn't involved in the study. The team marked those…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (334+ words) "Jellyfish and sea anemones really do sleep, which wasn't entirely clear before," Lior Appelbaum, a neurobiologist at Bar-Ilan University, told New Atlas in an interview. "Sleep is important even for animals without a brain. It helps them recover from cellular…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (583+ words) Urban juncos typically have shorter, thicker bills compared to their wildland counterparts, a shape thought to help them exploit human-associated food sources such as waste and handouts. During the lockdown period, however, juncos " which are small, gray sparrows " born in…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (461+ words) Every winter, as the air sharpens and scarves return to shoulders, an old visitor also makes a reappearance: the flu. It announces itself with fever, aching limbs, and the familiar drip of a runny nose. But behind these symptoms lies…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (383+ words) Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system " fever " powerless in fighting infection. In fact, higher temperatures actually help the viruses replicate. Reserchers from the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (762+ words) As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health issues we face today aren't personal failings or modern inconveniences " they're…...