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A biology study finds that blue jays can easily spot wolf spiders engaged in their courtship rituals. The results demonstrate the powerful influence of sexual selection.... Read more »

Horseshoe crabs that have undergone biomedical bleeding tend to reside in deeper water and approach mating beaches less often, according to a new study.... Read more »

A researcher published proof-of-concept research showing artificial intelligence can recognize 12 Mexican and 39 Brazilian species of kissing bugs with high accuracy by analyzing ordinary photos -- an advantage for officials looking to cut the spread of Chagas disease.... Read more »

Adding vanilla to sweetened milk makes consumers think the beverage is sweeter, allowing the amount of added sugar to be reduced, according to new researchers, who will use the concept to develop a reduced-sugar chocolate milk for the National School Lunch Program.... Read more »

Researchers bring diurnal and seasonal variations into the lab to test the performance of perovskite solar cells under realistic conditions.... Read more »

(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) Modesto Orozco's lab (IRB Barcelona) has published a study on the reaction mechanism of DNAzymes in Nature Catalysis. DNAzymes, which are catalysers formed by DNA, have applications in biomedicine and biotechnology. These research results will contribute to advances in the design and improvement... Read more »

(McMaster University) A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped at atomic resolution a toxic protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, allowing them to better understand what is happening deep within the brain during the earliest stages of the disease.... Read more »

(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Giving up when efforts are futile depends on glial cells called radial astrocytes, highlighting a novel computational role for the underappreciated brain cells.... Read more »

(BBVA Foundation) Established in 2008, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognize contributions that expand the boundaries of the known world in science, art and the humanities. Each of their eight categories is decided by an international committee of experts.... Read more »

(University of Texas at Austin) A new wearable technology, developed by engineers at the University of Texas at Austin, that is made from stretchy, lightweight material, could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate.... Read more »

Breakthrough demonstrations using defective diamonds, high-flying drones, laser-bathed crystals and other exotica suggest practical, unhackable quantum networks are within reach -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Confronting climate change, cultures with intensive, specialized land use were vulnerable. Those that endured cultivated multiple crops and helped edible rainforest species prosper -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Wolves lack the muscles that allow dogs to raise their eyebrows and make puppy dog eyes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

First gene associated with cannabis abuse likely affects how people respond to the drug -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

It could lead to drones that fly like bats -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

It’s hard to make crêpe batter spread evenly before it cooks, but an analysis of the physics involved says a tilt and swirl of the pan gives the perfect pancake... Read more »

Dark matter may have physicists stumped, but Science Gallery London has found clever ways to explore the elusive matter filling our universe... Read more »

Star Trek’s light speed engines may not be possible in our universe, but we are learning more about the particles that fuel them, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein... Read more »

The pentaquark, an elusive particle first spotted by the Large Hadron Collider in 2015, is made of two smaller particles stuck together in a sort of miniature molecule... Read more »

New experiments are revealing hints of a world and a reality that are complete reflections of ours. This mirrorverse may be able to solve the mystery of the universe's missing dark matter... Read more »

Scientists have trained grey seals to copy speech, as well as notes from music including the Star Wars theme and the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star... Read more »

The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 satellite, which uses sails to harness the energy of sunlight, is planned to launch on 24 June aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket... Read more »

It’s not enough to call climate change an emergency, says Adam Vaughan. We need to take emergency action as well... Read more »

DNA analysis of an unusually shaped skull found in west Greenland suggests the creature was a hybrid male whale, with a narwhal mother and beluga father... Read more »

In 2024, Japan wants to send a rover to one of Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos. Samples taken there could help us sort out how they formed and whether they hold ice... Read more »