[ad_1] A clouded Apollo butterfly Shutterstock / valex61 Some male butterflies plug up their mates’ reproductive tracts to prevent them from having sex with rivals. Now, there’s evidence that they might not be doing so indiscriminately. The type and size of the mating plugs seems to correlate with how much males are willing to invest […]
[ad_1] The Aurora rocket launched in the Mojave desert on 24 September Karman Space Programme A team of students from Imperial College London is in limbo after losing the £150,000 rocket they launched towards space on 24 September. Volunteers are scouring the Mojave desert in California for evidence that will establish whether the mission was […]
[ad_1] Polyethylene, used in plastic bags, can be converted into hydrogen and graphene Jenya Smyk/Shutterstock A new way to make hydrogen from waste plastic also produces graphene as a byproduct. If the graphene is sold at its current market price, it could actually become profitable to generate hydrogen as a clean fuel. The most common […]
[ad_1] Comet Encke, seen here in 2013, passes near the sun every 3.3 years DAMIAN PEACH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The green comet Nishimura has been a source of excitement to astronomers since its discovery in August, but it is now heading away from us, slowly disappearing from view. It won’t be back for another 400 years, […]
[ad_1] The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) can moo Milan Zygmunt/Shutterstock Crocodile roars – and moos – could help conservationists monitor populations of species that are hard to track through visual surveys. The big-eyed, tiny-bodied African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) prowls the dense forests and narrow streams of West Africa. But the species is very hard […]
[ad_1] The endocannabinoid system that helps cannabis get us high is also vital to many other aspects of our health. Now we’re finally starting to understand why – and what that means for devising new treatments [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] DNA’s strong bonds can act as a glue to make nanoparticles into sturdy materials Vladislav Kochelaevskiy/Alamy A material made from hollow nanoparticles and DNA is exceptionally strong, especially considering how small its building blocks are. It could eventually be used to build extremely sturdy medical and electronic devices. To make this super strong material, […]
[ad_1] Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) skin Federico.Crovetto/Shutterstock A simple, decades-old mathematical model developed by Alan Turing can predict how subtle colour patterns will develop in a lizard’s scaly skin. Over seventy years ago, the computer scientist Alan Turing proposed a model for how a bunch of identical cells in a developing animal would come to […]
[ad_1] IT IS easy to feel anxious about the state of the climate. July was the hottest month on record and hurricanes, floods and wildfires have recently ravaged many countries. Despite this, last week, the UK government delayed its plans for net zero. Rising carbon emissions put the world on course to increase its average […]
[ad_1] There has been a rapid rise in the number of telehealth firms in the US Shutterstock/Tada Images In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, virtual healthcare startups have flooded the US market. These companies promise consumers easy, speedy healthcare without the hassles of office visits. But such convenience comes with a price – namely […]