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A robot arm toting a Venus flytrap can grab delicate objects
By attaching electrodes to the plant’s leaves, researchers found a way to snap its traps shut on command.
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By attaching electrodes to the plant’s leaves, researchers found a way to snap its traps shut on command.
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For years, researchers thought an infectious pathogen was behind sea star wasting disease. Instead, bacteria deplete the starfishes’ oxygen.
Two species of Australian monitor lizards dig nests four meters deep. Now scientists reveal that the burrows are home to far more than their creators.
Electric eels were thought be to solitary hunters, until researchers observed over 100 eels hunting together, releasing coordinated electric attacks on corralled prey.
Deadly, swaggering rodents purr and snuggle when they’re with mates and young.
Preserved pieces of backbone suggest that megalodon sharks were about 2 meters long at birth.
Healthy mice mirror a companion’s pain or morphine-induced relief. Disrupting certain connections in the brain turns off such empathetic behaviors.
A never-before-seen climbing technique could inspire the creation of new serpentine robots to navigate difficult terrains.
Ocean organisms use bioluminescence for hunting, defense and more. A new analysis shows that declines in water pH might change who glows and how much.
Mutations arising early in development may account for genetic differences between identical twins.
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