Science

One type of bat mysteriously cannot echolocate. We can finally find out why

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[ad_1] Scientists have found another piece in the puzzle of how echolocation evolved in bats, one step closer to solving a decades-long evolutionary mystery. All bats – with the exception of fruit bats in the Pteropodidae family (also called flying foxes) – can “echolocate” using high-pitched sounds to navigate at night. An international study conducted … Read more

Teenage tyrannosaurs haven’t had the crushing bite of adult bones

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[ad_1] Teeth of the T. rex specimen “Stan”.Picture: Mary altaffer (AP) Adult tyrannosaurs were basically two-legged bone-crushing machines. New research suggests that juvenile tyrannosaurs might not match the same level of brutality, resulting in a distinctive bite that sets them apart from their adult counterparts. Nothing like tyrannosaurs exists today, and thank goodness for that. … Read more

Russia, China want to build ‘international’ moon station

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[ad_1] Russia and China plan to work together to build a moon research station. In an ad marked by Ars Technica, the two countries said they would collaborate on an “International Lunar Science Station”. There aren’t many details on the project yet, but Roscosmos, Russia’s national space agency, suggests it could include facilities both orbiting … Read more

Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on the planet

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[ad_1] By Yesim Dikmen LAKE SALDA, Turkey (Reuters) – As NASA’s Perseverance rover explores the surface of Mars, scientists looking for signs of ancient life on a distant planet use data collected on a mission much closer to home them in a lake in southwestern Turkey. NASA says the minerals and rock deposits at Salda … Read more

Break the chain barrier for faster-than-light travel

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[ad_1] Artistic impression of different designs of spaceships considering the theoretical shapes of different types of “warp bubbles”. Credit: E Lentz If it is possible to travel to distant stars during an individual’s lifetime, it will be necessary to find a means of propulsion faster than light. To date, even recent research on superluminal (faster … Read more

Sea slugs behead their own heads, then regenerate new bodies

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[ad_1] Rice Doyle | USA TODAY This sea slug loosens its head and regenerates a new body The sacoglossal slug that miraculously regenerates leaves Japanese researchers perplexed. Buzz60 Some sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies, even after removing their own heads. “We were surprised to see the head move immediately after being … Read more