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Amazon electric fish inspire underwater robotics
Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Electric fish from South America are opening up new ideas in robotics.
Green space can make people happier for years
Posted in Medicine on 15th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Research is showing for the first time that green space does appear to improve mental health in a sustained way.
Pacific salmon migrate with a 'magnetic map'
Posted in Science on 8th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
There is more evidence that salmon use the Earth's magnetic field to perform extraordinary feats of navigation.
Want to cut Arctic warming in half? Curb emissions now
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Global warming is changing the Arctic so quickly that experts say we should expect an ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer within just a few decades.
DNA Studies Topple the Ladder of Complexity
Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists saw signs of increasing complexity in evolution, but new DNA studies are ruining that idea. Amoebas have big genomes; evolution stumbles forward like a drunk.