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  • Seven newly named frog species make whistles that sound like Star Trek

    Seven newly named frog species make whistles that sound like Star Trek

    Male frogs use their bird-like calls to attract females, and as these newly named species live close to streams, Scherz thinks they evolved their high-pitched whistles to help their songs stand out from the din of flowing water.


    Can furry pets get H5N1 bird flu and spread it to us?

    Can furry pets get H5N1 bird flu and spread it to us?

    A large team of university researchers from Iowa, Texas and Kansas shared this conclusion in the July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.


    Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies

    Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies

    But in a wider search, Stoop found an astonishing 55 stars had fled at speeds faster than roughly 100,000 kilometers per hour in the past 3 million years.


    Let’s learn about the Nobel Prize

    Let’s learn about the Nobel Prize

    In his will, Nobel left much of his fortune to create prizes to those who have done their best for humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.


    New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing

    New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing

    Researchers already knew that pumping electricity through stitches could speed healing, but previous technologies relied on bulky external batteries.


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    Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

    Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

    A fully operational asteroid food project would require an “industrial-sized super machine” in space, he says, but the researchers hope to begin testing the idea on a smaller scale in the coming year, starting off with coal and then moving to meteorites that have fallen to Earth, which they are currently working on a proposal for.


    Do chickens blush? And if they do, what makes them blush the most?

    Do chickens blush? And if they do, what makes them blush the most?

    Electronic video processing extracted “the mean red (R), blue (B), and green (G) values for each bare skin region of the hen face (comb, cheek, ear lobe and wattle)”.


    Zap, zap, zap! Our bodies are electric

    Zap, zap, zap! Our bodies are electric

    Although these feelings can be triggered by events, such as the death of a loved one or the move to a new city, that isn’t typically considered an “illness” — unless the symptoms are prolonged and harm an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks (such as working, sleeping or interacting with others).


    ‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark

    ‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark

    Henion’s night excursions continue with appearances from glowworms, which are luminous fly larvae that shine blue; colorful moths, major pollinators that are experiencing troubling population declines; and foxfire, the catchall term for bioluminescent fungi glowing on forest floors.


    Can you see Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ with the naked eye?

    Can you see Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ with the naked eye?

    Given the relatively easy trip to a minimoon from Earth, some researchers have proposed using these transient satellites as "stepping stones" for future missions to mine asteroids or explore deeper into our solar system.


    World’s oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies

    World’s oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies

    Based on the presence of yeast, lactic acid bacteria and proteins from ruminant milk in the samples, Qiaomei Fu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and her colleagues have identified the substance as a kind of kefir cheese.