Nine new and exotic creatures for the pulsar zoo
Researchers using MeerKAT in South Africa have discovered nine millisecond pulsars, most of them in rare and sometimes unusual binary systems, as the first result of a targeted survey. An international team with significant contributions from AEI (Ha.....»»
New binary pulsar detected with CHIME
Using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), astronomers have detected a new radio pulsar in a binary system with a massive non-degenerate companion star. The discovery of the pulsar, which received designation PSR J2108+4516, wa.....»»
Octopuses prefer certain arms when hunting and adjust tactics to prey
Famous for their eight arms, octopuses leverage all of their appendages to move, jet through the water and capture prey. But their movements can look awkward and seemingly unplanned at times, more closely resembling aliens than earthly creatures......»»
How Sea Creatures Pack a Tiny Propulsive Sting
New work explains “one of nature’s most exquisite biological micro-machines”.....»»
Who Owns the Ocean"s Genes? Tension on the High Seas
Countries are struggling with how to share genetic code from myriad ocean creatures, which could lead to billion-dollar drugs.....»»
Destiny 2: Where is Xur for the weekend of September 9
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Destiny 2: Where is Xur for the weekend of September 2
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Aliens, upgrades, and Dolly Parton: behind The Orville’s VFX
Creating the visual effects for The Orville season 3 demanded a lot of VFX studios, from alien worlds and ship upgrades to new creatures and ... Dolly Parton?.....»»
This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire, until the Black Summer burned its rainforests
Golden-tipped bats are peculiar creatures. By night, they hunt the understory for orb-weaving spiders, plucking them carefully from their sticky webs. By day, they roost in excavated basements at the bottom of nests made by two rainforest birds......»»
Pokémon GO Teases Ultra Beasts for GO Fest Finale
Powerful creatures will make their presence known during the Pokémon GO Fest finale event. The post Pokémon GO Teases Ultra Beasts for GO Fest Finale first appeared on Phandroid. Players of Nintendo’s mobile Pocket Monsters spin-off.....»»
Destiny 2: Where to find Xur for the weekend of August 26
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Fire-adapted insects make the most of breeding grounds sterilized by wildfires
With a rise in the number of wildfires in Saskatchewan and beyond each year, burnt landscapes stripped of plant life are becoming more common. Most creatures find a burnt environment uninhabitable, but a University of Saskatchewan (USask) research te.....»»
Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex, new research says
Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It's incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs' extinction. But a lower level mass death did take place in what is now ca.....»»
Seen at Monterey car week 2022
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance gives automakers, from exotic brands to mass market giants, the chance to display their concepts and pricey hard-to-gets......»»
Destiny 2: Where to find Xur for the weekend of August 19
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Astronomers discover new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar
Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an international team of astronomers have detected a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar. The newfound pulsar, designated MAXI J1816–195, has a spin period of about 1.89 milliseconds......»»
Canada"s Hudson Bay a summer refuge for thousands of belugas
Half a dozen beluga whales dive and reemerge around tourist paddle boards in Canada's Hudson Bay, a handful of about 55,000 of the creatures that migrate from the Arctic to the bay's more temperate waters each summer......»»
Sleeping giant could end deep ocean life
A previously overlooked factor—the position of continents—helps fill Earth's oceans with life-supporting oxygen. Continental movement could ultimately have the opposite effect, killing most deep ocean creatures......»»
Microbiologist tries at-home test kits to see what they reveal about microbiome
You and the trillions of microbes in your gut can live in harmony. Enlarge (credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) When you hear about the gut microbiome, does it ever make you wonder what tiny creatures are.....»»
Which microbes live in your gut? A microbiologist tries at-home test kits to see what they reveal about the microbiome
When you hear about the gut microbiome, does it ever make you wonder what tiny creatures are teeming inside your own body? As a microbiologist who studies the microbiomes of plants, animals and people, I've watched public interest in gut microbes gro.....»»
Destiny 2: Where to find Xur for the weekend of August 12
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