City University of New York

2024-06-21 @ 10.52.17 ∈ In English

First conclusive video evidence that a terrestrial leech species can jump

A new study presents video evidence that at least one species of terrestrial leech can jump, behavior that scientists have debated for more than a century.

2023-12-14 @ 20.44.29 ∈ In English

Mothers and children have their birthday in the same month more often than you’d think—and here’s why

The phenomenon likely has its roots in relatives sharing socio-demographic characteristics: people of similar backgrounds are known to pair up and to be more likely to give birth at certain times of the year[.]

2021-04-22 @ 19.44.27 ∈ In English

Groundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language

With artificial intelligence and painstaking study of sperm whales, scientists hope to understand what these aliens of the deep are talking about.