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Historical art can hide scientific secrets
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (245+ words) From bats eating birds to butterfly behavior, art can contain ecological clues Artworks from the past, like this one from the 1690s by Maria Sibylla Merian, can give modern scientists insights into animal behaviors and relationships. In the upper right corner…...
'Tyrant Lizard Queen' offers a nuanced look at T. rex
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (389+ words) The book fleshes out the life of this fearsome predator What was T. rex really like? In Tyrant Lizard Queen, paleontologist Riley Black paints a portrait of a misunderstood dinosaur. Tyrant Lizard QueenRiley BlackSt. Martin’s Press, $29.00 Tyrannosaurus rex is the ultimate…...
Could a whale swallow a person whole?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (534+ words) Technically, yes, if it was sperm whale. But that scenario is highly unlikely Chances of a sperm whale accidentally swallowing a deep-sea diver are very, very slim — except in the movies. In the upcoming movie Whalefall, scuba diver Jay Gardiner…...
AI may have solved one of math’s biggest puzzles, raising controversy
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (151+ words) For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question....
Flipper: the canary in the ocean | Investors Lab
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (238+ words) Flipper: the canary in the ocean Science News Dolphins are known to marine biologists as sentinel species. Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, if they are ailing, humans may be next. Cue the ominous music. A recent report…...
How could an amino acid police colon cancer? | Investors Lab
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (266+ words) In recent years, drugs that help the immune system fend off tumors have given many patients new options for treating their cancer. But there’s still a lot researchers don’t know about this area. A new study in mice dangles a…...
Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (559+ words) Teeth and bone bits from a cave in China represent the richest fossil trove outside Siberia Researchers have uncovered a smattering of Denisovan remains at an old quarry in China, including teeth and pieces of a skull (pictured here). H. Rao…...
Winter work shows it really pays to be a smart mountain chickadee
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (826+ words) A multidecade study of wild chickadees shows how smart they need to be to survive Researchers have tagged this wild mountain chickadee as part of a long-term cognition study of the species in the Sierra Nevada range. A mountain chickadee…...
A choir of katydid ancestors filled the Jurassic rainforest with song
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (454+ words) Fossils reveal an extinct soundscape made by the motion of insect wings Grigs (Tarragoilus diuturnus shown) live today in China, Russia and Canada. They call by rhythmically rubbing their wings together. Researchers have reconstructed the sounds of grigs’ ancient relatives…...
AI agents not ready to replace humans in behavioral research
1+ week, 2+ day ago (426+ words) A new study shows that digital twins don’t respond like the individuals they were modeled after A new study suggests that behavioral scientists should use digital twins with caution. Replacing human subjects with AI surrogates, or digital twins, is on…...