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Category: Science
Piles of animal dung reveal the location of an ancient ...
Analysis of fossilised faeces from rock hyraxes shows that the extremely dry area of Wadi Sana in Yemen was once a lush oasis
Ancient spiders locked in amber died looking after thei...
Modern spiders are known to be devoted parents, and ancient spiders trapped in 99-million-year-old amber seem to have cared for th...
Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract...
Tiny bean-shaped crustaceans called ostracods, known as sea fireflies, release glowing blue mucus to threaten predators, but some ...
Army ants use temporary bases to store food when raidin...
Army ants steal more food during raids on other insect nests by temporarily storing their plunder nearby, a computer simulation an...
Planet-eating stars can be identified by their telltale...
Stars that have eaten their planets aren't promising places to look for alien life, and now there is a technique that can help qui...
Rare genetic variants play important role in people who...
An analysis of DNA from 515 centenarians has identified rare genetic variants that might help explain how they reached their hundr...
Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas e...
Sixteen young cows learned quickly how to urinate in a latrine, allowing their urine to be processed without producing greenhouse ...
Shifting jet stream due to warming could threaten Europ...
Changes in the position of the polar jet stream around the Arctic may have caused past famines in Europe, and global warming could...
Why has El Salvador officially adopted bitcoin as its c...
El Salvador is the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender, but other nations may follow suit
Even tiny green spaces in cities help urban wildlife bi...
Greening parts of cities is widely promoted as boosting biodiversity, health and well-being, and now researchers have found that i...
Covid-19 news: lab experiments help explain why the vir...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Blood test could reveal who is most likely to get sever...
A simple blood test could help predict which people with covid-19 are likely to get severely ill and need to go on a ventilator