In English – Sivu 30

2024-06-10 @ 19.38.36 ∈ In English

Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows

Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

2024-06-10 @ 18.13.35 ∈ In English

Excessive vegetation in Arabia triggered massive butterfly migrations in 2019 across Europe and Africa: Study

Pollen analysis showed that butterflies collected in Scandinavia had visited flowers of typically Mediterranean or Eastern European plants, while those collected in the Iberian Peninsula showed pollen from Northern Europe.

2024-06-08 @ 14.40.11 ∈ In English

Tiger shark vomits echidna, shocking Australian scientists

The tiger shark was unharmed after its spiky snack and scientists fitted it with an acoustic tracker before releasing it back into the water.

2024-06-01 @ 18.18.03 ∈ In English

Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors

More than half of patients with advanced forms of disease who took lorlatinib were still alive after five years with no progression

2024-05-28 @ 8.36.27 ∈ In English

My uneducated guess is that this is mostly an effect of other risky behavior (more prevalent among tattooed people) that they’ve not accounted for, such as alcohol consumption.

Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealed

“After taking into account other relevant factors, such as smoking and age, we found that the risk of developing lymphoma was 21 percent higher among those who were tattooed. It is important to remember that lymphoma is a rare disease and that our results apply at the group level. The results now need to be verified and investigated further in other studies and such research is ongoing”, says Christel Nielsen.

2024-05-26 @ 19.02.02 ∈ In English

Crows Can Actually Count Out Loud, Amazing New Study Shows

While other animals such as honeybees have shown an ability to understand numbers, this specific manifestation of numeric literacy has not yet been observed in any other non-human species.

2024-05-25 @ 10.08.14 ∈ In English

Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long-lost mycoprotein to your plate | TechCrunch

The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell fungus-based protein, branded Pekilo, was originally developed in the 1960s and ’70s — by, of all things, the local paper industry.

2024-05-23 @ 6.32.40 ∈ In English

Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings

Community science volunteers—laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation—significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States, finds a new study by York University.

2024-05-21 @ 20.30.31 ∈ In English

Mosquito Meal: Study Shows Pests’ Potential as Livestock Feed

A test of chicken feed with protein from mass-trapped mosquitoes shows farmed chickens readily eat it, with no effects on weight gained or meat quality.

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.