We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
There are no real phoenixes hiding anywhere. But science has revealed that some living things can take quite a bit of heat.
In light-polluted landscapes, birds' singing time is an average of 50 minutes longer per day. It's still unclear if this hurts bird health or helps.
Ripple bugs’ nimble movements on the surface of water inspired a robot with automatically unfurling fans on its feet.
Infrared cameras in Costa Rica revealed that the world’s largest carnivorous bat maintains close social bonds through wing wraps and prey sharing.
H5N1 bird flu might infect human mammary glands, potentially allowing the virus to show up in breast milk.
In-flight defecation may help the birds stay away from feces that can contain pathogens such as bird flu while also fertilizing the ocean.
Producing a male-specific protein in digestion-related neurons may have led to the evolution of an odd “romantic” barfing behavior in one species of fruit flies.
The hypothesis could extend the search for extraterrestrial life to include frigid planets with thin atmospheres and underground water.
In the lab, higher temperatures during fall migration led monarchs to break their reproductive pause, increasing their risk of death.
