Since crawling out of its nest on a moonlit night and making its way to the sea, a green baby turtle disappears at sea for years before returning to shore. Until recently, scientists assumed that the turtles swam in the open ocean’s main currents. However, recent evidence indicates that the centre of such spinning waters…
We’ve also experienced the pain of our circadian rhythm pounding to a different drum than usual—perhaps after a particularly late night or a flight that landed us in a different time zone. And we all know that being back on board with our resting, dining, and even peeing schedules takes some time. The Plants, like…
Not only lepidopterists but also chemists have long been enthralled by the bright blue hues of morpho butterfly wings. The complicated nanoscale protein structures layered inside the wings pique the latter’s curiosity: their shapes behave as prisms, representing a beautiful cerulean colour. Materials scientists plan to use the properties of these structures to create things…
Karen D. Holl is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who specializes in restoration ecology. Professor of Forest Restoration at the Universidade de So Paulo, Pedro Brancalion This article first appeared in The Conversation. Arbor Day was observed in the United States on the last Friday in April for 149 years. To…
According to a recent report, the melting glaciers redistributed enough water to allow the polar wander to transform and accelerate eastward in the mid-1990s. The migration of the North and South poles is being altered by water loss due to ice melting and other human-caused causes. The writers of the study conclude that the lack…
Whose animal has the most genetic diversity? A butterfly with 20 different colours? A bacterium that divides every 20 minutes and accumulates genetic mutations? It turns out that the new record holder is a fungus that grows on decayed wood. On the other hand, the genetic diversity of the lynx is minimal. That’s terrible news…
Charles Marshall had been bugging his paleontologist colleagues with this question for years before he eventually collaborated with his students to find an answer. The team discovered, which will be published in the journal Science this week, is that about 20,000 adult T. rexes lived at any given time, give or take a factor of…
Get the children concerned this Earth Day. There area unit countless ways that they’ll show they care regarding the surroundings. When Ohio’s Cuyahoga watercourse caught hearth in 1969, it absolutely was one in all the country’s most impure rivers. The city’s historical period had taken its toll. The oil and rubble obstructive the watercourse had…
Celebrating is one of the most incredible things about being human—gathering with loved ones to share stories, food, and laughs have been something we have been doing for more than 100,000 years. However, in recent times, our joyous affairs have been entwined with bags of wasted food, flowers, and disposable decorations, making our parties a…
As the pandemic spread across the world, many people’s first response was to disinfect any surface they could find. However, may you be damaging yourself and the environment by using harmful cleaning products in your attempt to avoid catching a virus? Many people’s first reaction when the pandemic spread across the world was to disinfect…