Honeybees Wing-Slap Ants That Try to Invade Their HiveJapanese honeybees use their wings to slap back ants trying to invade their hiveBy Gennaro TommaA Japanese honeybee uses its wing to slap a way an ant attempting to invade its hive....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh3L2DywJBE A robot that peels vegetables in the same way that people do demonstrates a level of dexterity that could help move delicate objects along a manufacturing line. Prototype robots are often tasked with peeling vegetables to test their ability...
A start-up is inoculating tree seedlings with wild fungiFunga A million trees and counting have been inoculated with native fungi by a US start-up aiming to make the trees grow faster and store more carbon. Outside researchers say this could...
The message of Nine Minds is that there is no such thing as a single neurodiverse experienceVincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Nine MindsDaniel Tammet (Wellcome Collection) How do you see inside the mind of someone else, how they really experience the world?...
DnA/Design and Architecture This epic image (pictured above) shows an inventive reincarnation of an abandoned Chinese quarry as an open-air library. Enclosed bookshelves line the stone, and concrete stairs have been installed to connect the different levels and stone platforms...
Some supermarkets now use biodegradable plastic bagsUrbanImages/Alamy Biodegradable plastics that get broken down into microplastics appear to damage soil and affect plant growth more than conventional ones, at least over the short term. Global plastic production reached 400 million tonnes...
Features like the leopard spots in the centre of this image could be signs of ancient lifeNASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover has found a rock riddled with what may be signs of ancient life. The rock, nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” after a...
Huge stars collapsing or colliding create gamma ray burstsNASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ A. Simonnet, Sonoma State University The most powerful explosion astronomers have ever seen contains a mysterious signal thought impossible to exist. That signal gives us our first...
Researchers studied mice neurons in a part of the brain common to all mammalsKlein & Hubert/naturepl.com Scientists have identified neurons that are active when mouse pups interact with their mothers, appearing to reduce their distress. The same neurons may also...
In a recent column, I wrote about black holes. A curious reader sent in a letter asking some interesting follow-up questions about topics that I didn’t really have time to delve into, more specifically about the relationship between matter and...
