WHY DO CHIMPANZEES THROW STONES AT TREES?
Chimpanzees often use tools to extract or consume food. Which tools they choose for which purpose, however, can differ depending on the...
SEVEN MILES DEEP, OCEAN STILL A NOISY PLACE
For what may be the first time, NOAA and partner scientists eavesdropped on the deepest part of the world's ocean and instead of finding...
FOSSIL FIND REVEALS JUST HOW BIG CARNIVOROUS DINOSAUR MAY HAVE GROWN
An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle....
LIFE ON EARTH MIGHT NOT HAVE EVOLVED BEYOND SLIME WITHOUT THE ANCESTRAL GENE
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a common ancestral gene that enabled the evolution of advanced life...
NEW BIO-INSPIRED MATERIAL TO HARVEST WATER FROM THIN AIR
Harvard scientists have designed a new material inspired by organisms such as cacti, pitcher plants and desert beetles that can...
UCLA NANOSCIENTISTS DEVELOP A BETTER WAY TO REMOVE POLLUTANTS FROM WATER
A team of researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has found a new way to use enzymes to remove pollutants from...
