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Lots of animals and even plants have evolved to have a visual resemblance to other organisms. The flowers of the Bee Orchid as the name would suggest look like female bees and as such attract roving male bees who alight on the “female” hoping that they’ve found a mate. In so doing, they inadvertently pick … Continue reading "Why do some moths have eyes on their wings?"

A bizarre mode of reproduction discovered in yellow crazy ants results in males that have two separate sets of DNA in different parts of their body

We only have a few images of the rings around Uranus, but now the James Webb Space Telescope has captured a startling view

Existing methods for manipulating neurons with light require invasive surgical procedures, but a new technique can link neurons without the need for surgery

We don't fully understand how the sun spits out high-energy particles during a solar flare, so researchers have created a miniature version in the lab

Mesothelean spiders diverged from all other spiders long before the first dinosaurs – three species of these living fossils have just been identified in western Hunan province

Material shows exceptional heat resistance while still conducting electricity and could find uses in aerospace

By possessing useful electronic properties, boraolympicenes could have potential applications in organic electronics

The kakapo, a flightless parrot, only survives on a few predator-free islands in New Zealand – but preserved faeces could inform the search for new habitats

The global average sea surface temperature has hit a record high of 21.1°C, which could lead to fiercer hurricanes and typhoons

Prototype device concentrates plastic particles in flowing water with sound waves, removing over 70% of small plastic particles and 82% of larger ones

Scientists hope these "pseudoembryos" will boost research into early development, miscarriages

A bacterial treatment for coral stopped or slowed 68 per cent of infections with stony coral tissue loss disease in the lab, and it prevented the spread of the disease as well

Scientists identify three key changes needed to adapt the virus to mammals

Shots helped China beat back multiple outbreaks

Legislation holds out hope for agri-biotech industry that has found itself stifled by EU rules

Diving deeper into the science that affects our everyday lives

TL:DR – Contrary to deceived wisdom, the QWERTY keyboard layout was invented to increase a typist’s words per minute (wpm) rate and reduce errors, rather than to slow them down. Fellow science writer Jo Brodie was recently discussing how the standard QWERTY keyboard layout has been adapted for different languages. Thankfully, she doesn’t repeat the … Continue reading "Why do we use QWERTY keyboards?"

But review found problems with images in 2009 Nature study and misconduct in an unrelated study

“We can’t trust their numbers,” one says about a report from Leidos to Congress last month

Court allows some other claims by Sabatini and his accuser to stand

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Researchers sound alarm over damage caused by popular meteorite-hunting technique