Do animals have accents?
Do animals have regional accents and dialects? From ducks to currawongs, cows to wolves, they certainly do.
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The 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap has been released!
I’m super happy to see the 2021 NRI Roadmap released. Six months of my life was devoted to the Taskforce and I’m proud to have been part of it.
Wild dolphin ‘talks’ to porpoises
A wild dolphin in Scotland has been observed ‘talking’ to porpoises in what is being called cross-species communication.
Microplastics discovered in human blood
Researchers in the Netherlands have discovered microplastics in the blood of humans for the first time.
What happens if you leave a dental abscess?
I’ve had a horrible tooth abscess recently and I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if I didn’t treat it. In short, it can kill you.
Bull ants evolve a new way to target pain
Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target the echidna that also could have implications for people with long-term pain.
UK plants are flowering a month earlier due to climate change
Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and gardeners.
Broken dinosaur killer ate baby dinosaurs
Around 95 million years ago near Winton, a massive crocodile relative clamped down on a baby dinosaur and swallowed it nearly whole. The crocodilian died soon after, and as it fossilised so did the partly-digested dinosaur in its belly.
Update: SpaceX rocket booster will NOT crash into the Moon
It turns out that SpaceX is not responsible for the giant piece of space junk that is going to crash into the far side of the Moon – it’s Chinese instead,
Which was the worst year to be alive?
Things are a bit rough right now, but it’s nowhere near as bad as the worst year ever: 536.
How to park a space telescope
After 30 days and 1.5 million kilometres, the James Webb Space Telescope has parked in its final orbit.
SpaceX rocket booster will crash into the Moon
After seven years hurtling through space, a 4 tonne SpaceX Falcon 9 booster is going to crash into the moon on 4 March.
Dogs might be bilingual
Dogs seem to recognise the difference between languages.
But how do they know how old things are?
Archaeologists and geologists like to know how old certain things like rocks, pottery and bones are. By estimating their age and origins, it helps them understand how they fit into broader contexts. But how do they do it?
Eleven amazing archaeological finds of 2021
Let’s start the year with a bunch of 2021’s nicest archaeological finds.