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- By Olivia Solon
- 24 August 2012
The traumatic sexual practices of hermaphroditic sea slugs -- which involve stabbing syringe-like penile appendages into the partner playing the female -- may have hidden benefits over and above conception »
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- By Mark Brown
- 24 August 2012
Researchers at the University of Princeton made ravenous bluegill sunfish the heroes of a virtual reality "video game", to answer some lingering evolutionary questions about how group formation has evolved in prey »
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- By Nate Lanxon
- 21 August 2012
The shift from pre-pay to post-pay in the gaming world can be likened to pre-Tamagotchi and post-Tamagotchi, from a time where death and threat was a positive PR hook, to a time where its inclusion could be commercial suicide »
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- By Liat Clark
- 20 August 2012
Next time you see a dog chasing its own tail, don't laugh too hard -- it turns out repetitive canine behaviour shares a number of startling similarities with obsessive-compulsive disorder in humans »
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- By Mark Brown
- 20 August 2012
Pea aphids may have an unprecedented ability to harvest sunlight, and use the energy for metabolic purposes. It would make it the only species of animal known to have photosynthesis-like powers »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 14 August 2012
Microbiologists have identified an entirely new class of virus that they believe is responsible for a mysterious condition that causes bizarre "drunken" behaviour and eventual death in snakes »
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- By Mark Brown
- 14 August 2012
Butterflies that were exposed to nuclear fallout from Japan's Fukushima meltdown developed abnormalities like smaller wings and damaged eyes, and passed those mutations down through three generations of offspring »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 08 August 2012
Conservationists from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in Illinois have been sequencing the DNA of elephants in order to track down poachers »
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- By Mark Brown
- 07 August 2012
A free tool called iBatsID can identify 34 different species of bats from around Europe by analysing the pips and squeaks of their echolocation calls »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 07 August 2012
Staff at the Seattle Children's hospital have created the Cat Immersion Project -- an audiovisual installation that brought thousands of virtual cats to a teenage cancer patient's room »
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- By Liat Clark
- 06 August 2012
Swiss biologists are testing a sheep collar wolf-warning device that registers heart rate changes and alerts shepherds to attacks via text message, while simultaneously emitting a repellant »
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- By Mark Brown
- 03 August 2012
Bennett Foddy -- Oxford University professor by day, indie game developer by night -- has released a new game in his series of daft puppet-style simulators. It's called CLOP »
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- By Mark Brown
- 03 August 2012
A species of deep sea squid can jettison its own bioluminescent arms to distract predators and attackers. Later, when the squid has safely escaped, it re-grows its lost limbs »
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- By Mark Brown
- 01 August 2012
Researchers from the University of Washington have found that the critically endangered bowhead whale has a wide catalogue of songs that more closely resembles that of songbirds than other whales »
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- By Mark Brown
- 30 July 2012
The Japanese Space Agency (Jaxa) has sent an aquarium to the International Space Station. It's not for relaxation, mind: the fish tank will be used to see how microgravity impacts marine life »
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- By Liat Clark
- 27 July 2012
A geneticist has developed a cat ancestry test that will reveal your pet's lineage »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 26 July 2012
A team from the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois is using piglets instead of human babies to try and model the cognitive development of infants »
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- By Mark Brown
- 25 July 2012
Engineers at the University of Virginia are designing and building a bioinspired robot that's based on stingrays and manta rays »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 25 July 2012
Media company Explore has teamed up with Alaska's Katmai National Park to install webcams that will deliver live video feeds of brown bears catching salmon in a popular feeding ground »