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Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields with their snouts
Donna, a bottlenose dolphin, during a test for electricity-sensing abilities Tim Hüttner, Nuremberg Zoo Bottlenose dolphins have an extra sense – the ability to feel electric fields – which they may use to navigate and search for food. The power to sense weak electric fields, known as electroreception, is common among water-dwelling animals, such as…
COP28: Energy transition may cut oil-producing states’ revenue by 60%
An oil pumpjack in Venezuela Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 20 countries dependent on oil and gas revenues could see these sources of funds cut in half by the transition to clean energy. Such an outcome could have disastrous consequences for workers and governments in these “petrostates” without international support to help manage…
Marmosets swap brain cells with their siblings
Marmoset siblings share many things – including brain cells Werner Layer/ Alamy A large number of cells within the brains of marmosets actually come from their siblings, potentially influencing their behaviour – and the same may be true of human fraternal twins. We already know that marmosets, small monkeys native to South America, carry their…
Andromedids: See a forgotten meteor shower caused by a dead comet this weekend
A colour lithograph from 1877 depicts the Andromedid meteor shower of 1872 Antiqua Print Gallery/Alamy A “lost” meteor shower may surprise skywatchers this weekend, astronomers have found, with the potential for as many as 200 meteors per hour on 2 December. The shower in question is the Andromedids, which is caused by dust and rocks…
Why you don’t need to bother raking up dead leaves from your lawn
Max belchanko/Shutterstock IT IS late autumn where I live in London – a time of year that sees millions of gardeners like me, across the northern hemisphere, donning their thickest jumpers and spending hours raking giant piles of leaves into plastic bags at the end of driveways. In the US alone, nearly 10 million tonnes…
Robot eel reveals how the strange fish swim so efficiently
Tests with an eel-inspired robot show that the unusual fish may swim most efficiently by reducing their speed Source link
The best new science fiction books this month from Terry Hayes to Geoff Ryman
Gabrielle Korn’s Yours for the Taking is set in a 2050 ravaged by climate change. vicnt/iStockphoto/Getty Images December is traditionally a quiet month for new fiction, but there are still some science fiction gems to look forward to – not least of which are an extraordinary-sounding new title from the award-winning Geoff Ryman, and the…
World must prepare for frequent and severe droughts, report warns
A severe drought this year affected the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon, in Brazil Andre Coelho/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The increasing frequency and severity of droughts across the world is “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”, says a United Nations report launched today at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates….
How will we actually know when we pass 1.5°C of warming?
It looks likely that the world will pass 1.5°C of warming in the 2030s, but current climate definitions would only make this failure official 10 years later, which could waste time in bringing temperatures back down Source link
Vaping vs edibles: How does the way we use cannabis alter its effects?
Cannabis edibles offer a different way to consume the drug Shutterstock/Brian Goodman For people who want their cannabis without the smoke, edibles provide an increasingly popular alternative. And it isn’t just pot brownies, either. Gummies, tinctures and other products can be laced with the drug. “The availability of different types of products makes it so…