An Ancient Predator Used Its Small Tail to Float Motionless in the Water

Medicine & Technology Oct 29, 2020

Some 240 million years ago, during the time of aquatic reptilian predators, one species used its short, flat tail to balance and float motionless as it hunted for prey.

Song Patterns Among Fin Whale Change Over Time, Surprising Scientists

Oct 29, 2020

New research suggests that male fin whales change their songs over time - contesting previous theories that these species are just one-track animals.

Australian Physicists Who Worked on Space-Time Distortions Wins PM Prize for Science

Oct 29, 2020

The Prime Minister's Prize for Science goes to a physicist team that worked in the first direct observation of gravitational waves in 2015.

Giant Glacier-Crossing Bus May Soon Travel No More

Oct 29, 2020

A giant passenger bus in Iceland may be no more before the century ends.

Robots Finally Confirm Why Fish Swim in Schools

Oct 29, 2020

While it has long been theorized that fishes swim in schools to conserve energy through neighbor-induced flows, as with flocks of birds, the use of robot fishes provides the first conclusive evidence.

Study of MMA Contests Show That Judges Prefer Vigor Over Skill

Oct 28, 2020

A new study suggests that judges tend to award victory to fighters who fight with more vigor rather than the skill they use to fight.

Drum Experiment Reveals Clues On Cultural Evolution

Oct 28, 2020

A new study illustrates the influence of environmental constraints on the evolution of cultural practices - with drums.

Birds Adjust Their Migratory Patterns With Green Vegetation

Oct 28, 2020

A new study observes that most birds - not all - adjust their migratory patterns with green vegetation that changes with the seasons.

NASA: The Perseverance Rover is Halfway To Mars

Oct 28, 2020

The Mars 2020 mission from NASA, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone, is already halfway to the Red Planet.

A Researcher Proposed a New Approach to Monitoring the Global Rise of Sea Levels

Oct 28, 2020

Researcher Shane Elipot, from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami, has proposed a new technique in monitoring the global rise of sea levels.

Scientists 3D Printed a Soft, Tongue-Like Surface

Oct 27, 2020

Scientists have fabricated synthetic soft surfaces, mimicking the texture of the tongue through 3D printing technologies - opening a wide variety of potential applications in food, nutrition, pharmaceutics, and other oral-related studies.

Researchers Find a New Species of Gall Wasp - A Possible Parasite of a Parasite

Oct 27, 2020

Researchers from Rice University in Houston, Texas have just discovered a new species of gall wasp - one that lays its eggs in the galls of other wasps.

Road Trip Reveals Effect Tributaries Have on Great Lakes

Oct 27, 2020

A graduate student's road trip around Lake Michigan revealed the effects of small streams on the Great Lakes.

Researchers Made Biodiesel Conversion From Used Cooking Oil Easier

Oct 27, 2020

A new powerful and low-cost technique has been devised for converting agricultural waste and used cooking oil into biodiesel, and even converting food waste and plastic to recycled products.

What Makes The Upcoming Hunter's Blue Moon Rare

Oct 26, 2020

There are blue moons, an uncommon additional full moon in a month, and there is the hunter's blue moon - an even rarer occurrence.