To Catch Prey, Frogs Turn to Sticky Spit
Frogs are unmatched in their speed and ability to catch prey. It's all about their super-soft tongue and specialized saliva, say researchers, who got saliva to test by scraping frogs' tongues. Read more on NPR
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Space Archaeologist Wants Citizen Scientists To Identify Archaeological Looting
Sarah Parcak used $1 million in TED Prize money to launch a program called GlobalXplorer that allows anyone online to analyze satellite images of archaeological sites for evidence. Read more on NPR
Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather
It's the first time the U.S military has made public the data collected by GPS satellites about solar events. It may help people predict Earth disasters caused by space weather. Read more on NPR
Scientists Describe Ancient Bag-Like Sea Creatures From China
They were ugly. And, unfortunately, they were not equipped with an anus. But the sand dwellers could be an important part of filling in our own early evolutionary tree. Read more on NPR
Save The Monkeys, Save The Trees, Sell The Chocolate
An enterprise-minded ecologist from England is helping endangered brown-headed spider monkeys in Ecuador by connecting their preservation to high-end chocolate. Read more on NPR In Many Species, a Family Dinner Means Something Else By BILL SCHUTT Once thought to be aberrant behavior, cannibalism is common in the natural world — and for many species, not necessarily a bad thing. Published: January 29, 2017 at 06:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2jLA2kU Maggot Mystery By Unknown Author Forensic scientists have used X-ray video to reveal the most intense one and a half hours in the transformation of "CSI's" favorite insect from maggot to adult blowfly. Published: January 29, 2017 at 06:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2kjJ0Hg Maggot to Blowfly: Ready for Its Close-Up By JAMES GORMAN With X-ray video and microscopic CT scans scientists have recorded in detail the metamorphosis of a forensic science favorite — the blowfly. Published: January 29, 2017 at 06:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2jvLpdh This Prehistoric Human Ancestor Was All Mouth By NICHOLAS WADE A cache of tiny sea creatures found in central China, in rock strata said to be 540 million years old, is described in the journal Nature. Published: January 29, 2017 at 06:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2kKHf6t Ice That Sparkles Like Diamonds Washes Onto Japanese Shores By JOANNA KLEIN Nicknamed ‘jewelry ice,’ a rare kind of winter sea ice on the northern island of Hokkaido has captivated locals and attracted photographers. Published: January 29, 2017 at 06:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2jKEVLg |
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