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Mob mentality rules jackdaw flocks
Jackdaws are more likely to join a mob to drive off predators if lots of their…
Why are so few women inventors named on patents?
Women inventors account for just under 13% of patent applications globally, according to a study. …
How to weigh a whale without a scale
Drones can be used to work out the body mass of the largest animals on the…
Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease
A huge earthquake off Alaska in the 1960s caused tsunamis that scientists say washed a tropical…
Mob mentality rules jackdaw flocks
Jackdaws are more likely to join a mob to drive off predators if lots of their…
Lop-eared rabbits more likely to have tooth/ear problems than erect eared cousins
Lop (floppy) eared rabbits are more likely than erect (‘up’) eared breeds to have potentially painful…
Scientists estimate Earth's total carbon store
There are 1.85 billion, billion tonnes of carbon on Earth, nearly all of it held beneath…
An Interstellar Comet, in Time for the Holidays
On Dec. 7, the extrasolar comet now known as 2I/Borisov will make its closest approach to…
NASA lander captures marsquakes, other Martian sounds
NASA’s InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of…