Spinning spider silk
Researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, are working out how to make artificial spider silk. Spiders build their webs out of lightweight, incredibly tough, [...]
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Want to sell your poo?
If you’re a bit short of pocket money, you can now sell your poo to doctors in Medford, Massachusetts, in the USA. The OpenBiome organisation is paying $40 for [...]
Which is better for you – oranges or orange juice?
Oranges versus orange juice: Which one might be better for your health? Often the advice is given to eat an orange and drink water rather than drink oroange juice, which [...]
Ancient volcanoes linked to dinosaurs’ extinction
New research from Princeton University in the USA has shown that massive volcanic explosions 66 million years ago spewed enormous amounts of climate-altering gases into the [...]
Supershiny eggs
Relatives of ostriches and emus, Tinamou birds, lay supershiny eggs, but until now no-one knew how the eggs got so beautiful. Researchers at the University of Akron in the [...]
Controlling bee pests
A group of entrepreneurs in Mexico have designed a `smart’ system to control the bee pest Varroa destructor. The mite, which lives on bee larvae, reduces honey [...]
How cats were tamed
Cats and humans have shared homes for at least 9,000 years, but we still know very little about how cats were tamed (domesticated). Researchers have found some clues by [...]
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