Camera collar footage is unveiling the secret lives of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), South America’s only surviving ursid. A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, courting females and even cannibalizing a dead…
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Ultra-wideband Wireless Signals Simplify EV Batteries
A new ultra-wideband wireless system that collects data from batteries could help boost the range of electric vehicles and simplify their development and assembly.
Electric vehicles collect a lot of data from their batteries, such as information…
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Study in neurosurgery patients reveals numerical concepts are processed deep in ancient part of brain
New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within the brain.
Further, the results of the study by Oregon Health & Science University involving neurosurgery patients suggests new possibilities for…
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Starchy nanofibers shatter the record for world’s thinnest pasta
The world record for the thinnest pasta has been shattered, though the new, narrow noodles are better suited to wound dressings than the dinner table.
From white flour, researchers made starch-rich nanofibers that are about 370…
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Noise-cancelling headsets use AI to make zones of silence
It’s an experience we’ve all had: Whether catching up with a friend over dinner at a restaurant, meeting an interesting person at a cocktail party, or conducting a meeting amid office commotion, we find ourselves having to shout over…
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An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast
A hot spot is starting to form along the coast of East Antarctica.
An ice shelf that broke apart seemingly unprovoked a couple of years ago had been steadily weakening for 30 years, largely unnoticed by scientists, researchers report…
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Neandertals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar
Neandertals really knew their way around a fire. In a sea cave sheltered from the blustery winds of Gibraltar, our ancient cousins created a hearth capable of making tar from nearby plants, a new study suggests.
Previous research has…
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Why Controlled Burns Sometimes Mutate into Runaway Wildfires
In April 2022, forestry workers started a small number of fires in the Santa Fe National Forest near a remote mountain called Hermit’s Peak. The plan, part of a nationwide program of controlled burns, was to thin out the dense pine woodlands to…
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It’s Not Just To Avoid Predators) » ScienceABC
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Animals routinely play dead when they’re faced with hungry predators, but animals also play dead to run away from unwanted mates, avoid sex, or avoid being cannibalized.
What would you…
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