A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from…
Month: July 2013
Animal master-burglars: Cockatoos show technical intelligence on a 5-lock problem
Scientists have shown that members of an Indonesian parrot species, the Goffin Cockatoo, can solve…
Bacteria communicate to help each other resist antibiotics
New research unravels a novel means of communication that allows bacteria such as Burkholderia cenocepacia…
Climate change deniers using dirty tricks from ‘Tobacco Wars’
Fossil fuel companies have been funding smear campaigns that raise doubts about climate change, according…
Key factors in understanding differences in rates of birth defects identified
New research highlights important information for health professionals and parents about the factors which may…
Spider webs more effective at ensnaring charged insects
Flapping bees build up a charge of several hundred volts, enough to electrostatically draw pollen…
White dwarf star throws light on possible variability of a constant of Nature
Astronomers have studied a distant star where gravity is more than 30,000 times greater than…
Study of mitochondrial DNA ties ancient remains to living descendants
Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native…
Archaeologists unearth carved head of Roman god in ancient rubbish dump
An 1,800-year-old carved stone head of what is believed to be a Roman god has…
Live fast, die young: Long-lived mice are less active, biologists find
Female mice with a high life expectancy are less active and less explorative. They also…