Science News

• Humans and octopuses descended from SAME animal that lived 518...

  

  25 Nov 2022 19:55

  Octopuses have a large variety of gene regulators in their bran that is similar to the human brain. Experts say it is because they both descended from the same primitive worm-like animal.

  Source: The Daily Mail - Science & Technology

• Eight glasses of water per day may be too much, scientists conclude

  Researchers at the University of Aberdeen estimate humans only really need around 1.5-1.8 litres per day.

  The Independent - Science - 24 Nov 2022 19:00

• Australia: How 'bin chickens' learnt to wash poisonous cane toads

  A reviled Australian bird has figured out how to eat one of the few animals locals hate more - cane toads.

  BBC News - Science & Environment - 24 Nov 2022 17:36

• Newborn female mice live longer if they smell older females' urine

  The scent of older females causes young female mice to reach puberty later and extends their lifespan – the first known case of smell affecting lifespan in...

  New Scientist - 24 Nov 2022 11:52

• A name may be missing from the annals of imperial Rome

  Analysis of a coin suggests there was, at least...

  The Economist - Science & Technology - 23 Nov 2022 19:01

• Discovered in the deep: the squid that makes a decoy out of its...

  Self-camouflage is just one of the tricks of...

  The Guardian - Science - 23 Nov 2022 06:00

• Do YOU have what it takes to become an astronaut? MailOnline...

  Do you have what it takes to become a...

  The Daily Mail - Science & Technology - 25 Nov 2022 12:19

• Sharks and songbirds get new trade protections

  Nearly 100 species of sharks and rays were added...

  BBC News - Science & Environment - 26 Nov 2022 00:09

• British paralympian on course to be first disabled person in space

  John McFall has been picked to join European...

  The Independent - Science - 23 Nov 2022 16:25

• Candy-like mixture can print patterns on microscopic objects

  Patterns of microscopic discs, rings or letters...

  New Scientist - 24 Nov 2022 19:00