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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Dead Sea secrets revealed: Scientists explain why salt crystals pile up in the Dead Sea

For a couple of decades now, scientists and researchers have noticed a peculiar phenomenon occurring in the depths of the Dead Sea: salt snow. Scientists first noticed it in 1979 – they observed salt crystals forming on the surface of the famed lake, before “snowing” down and piling up on the lake bed. The deposits […]

03/01/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Researchers discover huge freshwater pocket off the East Coast, beneath the sea coast

Off the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hiding underneath the Atlantic ocean. An aquifer is an underground layer of water. This particular aquifer’s exact size is still unclear, but the researchers believe it has the potential to be the largest known aquifer to date. For comparison, the largest currently known […]

02/27/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Researchers “shed light” on plants’ circadian clocks: Findings could be used to improve future crops

Every person has a circadian clock, an invisible internal mechanism synchronized with solar time. This “clock,” according to the National Sleep Foundation, drives a person’s circadian rhythm, which regulates daily sleep-wake cycles. As it turns out, even plants have one, too. First discovered in 1729 by French geophysicist and chronobiologist Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan after […]

02/24/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Worst extinction since the dinosaurs: Total biomass of flying insects down by a staggering 76%, warn German researchers

We are in the middle of an extinction phase. The animals in danger of extermination? Flying insects. This is according to entomology enthusiast Martin Sorg, president of the Amateur Entomology Society of Krefeld, who, over the last 37 years, collected 80 million insects from the German countryside. And while the Society’s collection is considered a […]

02/09/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Scientists explore Atlantis Massif in the Atlantic Ocean to find out how creatures survive on alien water worlds

Deep in the middle of the Northern Atlantic Ocean lies an underwater mountain that, at its highest, rises to be nearly 2,300 feet below the surface. This mountain, known as the Atlantis Massif, after the fabled city that sunk into the ocean, is filled with underwater chimneys that spew minerals and hot water into the ocean. This […]

02/06/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

The appearance of deep-sea fish in Japanese shallow waters DOESN’T mean an earthquake is about to occur, explain scientists

According to Japanese folklore, deep-sea fish such as oarfish, ribbonfish, dealfish and crestfish appearing in shallow waters foretells of an impending disaster, such as a tsunami, an earthquake or both. However, a statistical analysis of deep-sea fish sightings in Japan has now proven that this is not true. In a study published in the Bulletin of the […]

02/04/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Carnivorous pitcher plants have an occasional taste for vertebrates, study finds

While the northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is well-known for consuming insects and other invertebrates as supplementary food, a recent study published in the journal Ecology points out that about one in five pitcher plants in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park has upgraded its menu to include juvenile salamanders. While Asiatic pitcher plants such as the Philippines’ Nepenthes attenboroughii are […]

02/02/2020 / By Michael Alexander

A nose for numbers: Elephants can “count” food using their sense of smell, study says

When it comes to function, elephant trunks are the Swiss army knives of the natural world. Bristling with over 150,000 individual muscle units, an elephant’s trunk is used for a wide variety of activities: sucking up water for drinking, blowing out dust for baths, picking up objects, sending out warnings and even using them to greet […]

01/24/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Innate intelligence: Scientists theorize that the origins of human technology occurred spontaneously

Much has been said about the intelligence of chimpanzees: they can be taught to “speak” in sign language, some have exhibited incredible creativity and artistry, and some have even been observed to grieve and mourn the deaths of friends and family. A recent research however, suggests that there may be more to their intelligence than what […]

01/24/2020 / By Ralph Flores

Study: Natural alternatives can be used in place of harmful chemical herbicides

Scientists have created natural weedkillers using commonly grown plants. In their study, published in the Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, a team from the University of Samarra in Iraq explored the potential of three plants — oleander (Nerium oleander), olives (Olea europaea) and castor (Ricinus communis) — as natural alternatives to commercial weedicides. A natural way to deal with […]

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