New Study Provides Insights into Feeding and Energetic Behaviors of Little Penguins
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Phytosterols May Help Reduce Age-Related Hearing Loss, Animal Study Suggests
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The Easiest Ways to Fix Cat Scratches on Your Furniture
Cats are terrifyingly destructive. Aside from their shocking effectiveness as predators, cats are also reliable chaos machines in our houses. It’s not their fault, of course—they’re animals we’ve chosen to allow inside our homes, and no cat will ever understand the inherent value of a really nice sectional in your living room. But while it’s…
Pets Allowed
A colleague appeared. “Wow,” he said, leading me to a display case. “We do have snakeskin bags back here. Is he nice? Does he bite?” The salesman handed me a smart, yellow python bag marked $9,000. “I think this would work the best. It’s one of our classics. I think yellow. Red makes the snake…
Magnesium deficiency found to be detrimental to plants
Among other genotypes the plants having lower amounts of the MGT10 transporter (i.e., mgt10 knock-down plants) have a striking phenotype with yellow discoloration of the leaf veins. Credit: Emilija Dukic The importance of magnesium in plants and animals has long been known, but the details of its uptake and transport in plants are largely unexplored.…
How an Ancient Fossil Found in Egypt May Explain Whale Evolution
Long before the Ancient Egyptians walked the Earth and the great pyramids were constructed, something else inhabited what is now Egypt. Some 41 million years ago, Egypt's desert was covered by an ancient sea and was once home to the now-extinct whale species, Tutcetus rayanensis.According to a recent study published in Communications Biology, the newly discovered T. rayanensis is the…
How Gene-Edited Insects Are Providing Food, Fuel and Waste Disposal
Insects have been making commercial inroads as feed for poultry, fish, pigs, cattle and even pet food, though, for now, it remains a niche product. Biotech tools, however, are allowing breeders to ramp up insect production, and with new investment, their approach is gaining traction. In the last several years, companies producing black soldier flies…
Super League Triathlon London victories for Alex Yee and Jeanne Lehair
A battle between the sharks, scorpions and a few more teams with remarkable animal names, athletes allowed to cut corners and other things you’ll never see in regular triathlons: the Super League Triathlon has started again, and today the first race took place in London. In the men’s race, the win went to Alex Yee,…
Bob Barker, longtime ‘Price Is Right’ host, dies at 99
Bob Barker, the longtime host of television’s “The Price Is Right” who used his combination of comfort-food charm and deadpan humor to become an American television staple, has died, according to his longtime publicist. He was 99. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker…
Bob Barker, longtime ‘The Price Is Right’ host and animal rights activist, dies at 99: ‘Kind spirit’
Bob Barker, the enduring, dapper game show host who became a household name over a half century of hosting “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” has died. He was 99. Barker — also a longtime animal rights activist — died Saturday morning at his home in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. “I…