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2024-07-30 @ 14.29.25 ∈ In English

New study finds people alter their appearance to suit their names
A new study has found that people tend to alter their appearance to suit their names. The researchers sought to determine whether parents choose a baby name based on what seems fitting for the baby’s appearance, or if individuals’ facial appearances change over the years to align with the social stereotypes associated with their names.
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2024-06-19 @ 16.17.31 ∈ In English

Starlings found to expend 25% less energy in follower position compared to flying solo
A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team of researchers in the U.S. has found that starlings that fly in a follower position expend 25% less energy than when they fly solo. […] They also found that the birds that were the most naturally energy-efficient tended to adopt the leader role more readily and easily.
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2024-05-21 @ 18.08.05 ∈ In English

Biologists discover caterpillars are able to sense electrostatic fields generated by predators
[The researchers tested specimens of cinnabar moth, the scarce vapourer moth and the European peacock butterfly] for the ability to sense and react to an artificially generated electrostatic field that matched the output of that generated by a wasp. [All] three species responded very clearly to an electrostatic charge—some flailed their bodies, others coiled in a defensive posture.
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2024-02-27 @ 18.38.20 ∈ In English

A 12 mm fish produces 140-decibel sound to communicate in turbid waters
An international research team, along with Senckenberg scientist Dr. Ralf Britz, has studied Danionella cerebrum, a small species of fish with a length of no more than 12 millimeters. Despite its diminutive size, the fish can produce sounds close to its body of over 140 decibels—comparable to a jet engine during take-off in 100 meter distance.
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2024-01-26 @ 18.47.21 ∈ In English

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID’s future
Four largely ignored coronaviruses circulate in humans without causing great harm and may portend the future for SARS-CoV-2
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2023-07-11 @ 19.21.52 ∈ In English

Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversity
As water levels rise and fall, different habitats on the continental shelves and in shallow seas expand and contract, providing opportunities for organisms to thrive or die.
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2022-12-30 @ 20.28.04 ∈ In English

First “virovore” discovered: An organism that eats viruses
Name a type of organic matter and chances are some type of organism has evolved to eat it. Plants, meat, algae, insects and bacteria are all consumed by different creatures, but now scientists have discovered something new on the menu – viruses.