Eocene ungulates were very selective in their feeding
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country into the paleodiet of extinct paleotheriidae (or pseudo horses) provides information about their feeding strategy and the environment they inhabited at the end of the Eocene. Plagiolophus was a.....»»
The controversial quest to make cow burps less noxious
It’s not so simple as just feeding them gas-busting seaweed. Enlarge (credit: Hans Meleman | Getty Images) It's an oppressively hot morning in the barnyard, even in the shade of the long open-air structure where the cows come to feed. On a.....»»
Can sustainability standards effectively mitigate food system challenges?
While agrifood production is essential for feeding our growing global population, it can also contribute to environmental and social problems, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, poor or precarious labor conditions, and persistent poverty. Ce.....»»
New York waters may be an important, additional feeding area for large whales
A new study finds that that some large whale species (humpback, fin and minke whales) use the waters off New York and New Jersey as a supplemental feeding area feasting on two different types of prey species. .....»»
Bat guts become less healthy through diet of "fast food" from banana plantations
Nectar-feeding bats foraging in intensively managed banana plantations in Costa Rica have a less diverse set of gut microbes in comparison to bats feeding in their natural forest habitat or organic plantations, reveals new research published today in.....»»
Vampire fish could be hitching rides from larger hosts
A team of researchers with Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande and Washington and Lee University has found evidence of candiru (aka vampire fish) attaching themselves to hosts but not feeding off of them. The team has.....»»
New DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems
The term DNA immediately calls to mind the double-stranded helix that contains all our genetic information. But the individual units of its two strands are pairs of molecules bonded with each other in a selective, complementary fashion. Turns out, on.....»»
Are Our Smartphones Making us Dopamine Addicts?
"According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies," reports the Guardian, "with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit..." As the chief of Stanford University's dual diagnosis addiction clinic (which.....»»
AI analysis helps to identify ancient insect mimicry
Animals have evolved several strategies in prey-predator interactions due to selective pressures, such as mimicry and camouflage. Both mimicry and camouflage enable animals to effectively reduce the probability of detection by prey and predators......»»
Black Hole "Burps" May Help Determine Their Size
According to a new study published in the journal Science, feeding supermassive black holes emit a noticeable flickering light that is directly related to their mass. "The researchers describe the flickering as the black hole equivalent of a burp," r.....»»
Black hole size revealed by its eating pattern
The feeding patterns of black holes offer insight into their size, researchers report. A new study revealed that the flickering in the brightness observed in actively feeding supermassive black holes is related to their mass......»»
Blood-sucking flies may be following chemicals produced by skin bacteria to locate bats to feed on
We humans aren't the only animals that have to worry about bug bites. There are thousands of insect species that have evolved to specialize in feeding on different mammals and birds, but scientists are still learning how these bugs differentiate betw.....»»
Single-phase covalent organic frameworks membranes make CO2-selective separation possible
A research group led by Prof. Yang Weishen and Dr. Peng Yuan from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel strategy to fabricate single-phase CO2-selective covalent organic frameworks.....»»
Hydrogenation regulation of nitrobenzene in electrocatalytic processes realized
Selective catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene (Ph-NO2) to high value-added azoxy-, azo- and aminobenzene compounds are considerably important in the organic synthesis industry......»»
Scientists unveil potential dependence in nitric oxide electroreduction to ammonia
Nitrogen oxide (NOx), such as nitric oxide (NO), are environmental pollutants. They are often removed via selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology......»»
Body size, digestive systems shape ungulate foraging
Research led by a University of Wyoming graduate student involving about 50 scientists from across the globe has provided new insights into the behavior of ungulates (hoofed animals) as it relates to forage conditions and water availability......»»
Feeding both fish and pond yields more protein with lower quality feed
Feeding both the fish and the pond yields more animal protein using a lower quality feed for the fish. The feed not only targets the fish but also the pond organisms that help break down waste and produce natural feed for the fish. This results in a.....»»
Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does
In part two of our series, we attempt to learn the ways of the machine. Enlarge / Turning the lens on ourselves, as it were. There's a moment in any foray into new technological territory that you realize you may have embarked on a Sisyphean.....»»
YouTube"s Recommender AI Still a Horror Show, Finds Major Crowdsourced Study
An anonymous reader shares a report: For years YouTube's video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab bag of societal ills by feeding users an AI-amplified diet of hate speech, political extremism and/or conspiracy junk/disinform.....»»
Researchers detail the most ancient bat fossil ever discovered in Asia
:left]A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, pushing back the evolutionary record for bats on that continent to the dawn of the Eocene and boosting the possibility that the bat family's.....»»
YouTube’s recommender AI still a horrorshow, finds major crowdsourced study
For years YouTube’s video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab-bag of societal ills by feeding users an AI-amplified diet of hate speech, political extremism and/or conspiracy junk/disinformation for the profiteering moti.....»»