Zebra finch males sing in dialects and females pay attention
Male zebra finches learn their song by imitating conspecifics. To stand out in the crowd, each male develops its own unique song. Because of this individual-specific song, it was long assumed that dialects do not exist in zebra finches. However, with.....»»
Apple Music Sing: everything you need to know
Apple Music Sing has launched – here's the lowdown, including how to get it, our first impressions and how to get your big break in the music industry. (Everything except the last bit.).....»»
Yellow crazy ant males have two sets of DNA
A small international team of molecular and evolutionary scientists has discovered that male yellow crazy ants (also known as long-legged ants) have two sets of DNA throughout their bodies. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group d.....»»
Why ChatGPT and Bing Chat are so good at making things up
A look inside the hallucinating artificial minds of the famous text prediction bots. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Over the past few months, AI chatbots like ChatGPT have captured the world's attention d.....»»
Genetic secrets could help endangered songbird sing another day
Genetic data could be the key to helping the endangered forty-spotted pardalote on the road to recovery, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). The paper is published in the journal Heredity......»»
6 examples of how creepy and realistic AI-generated voices have become
First, it was AI image, then generative text, and now artificial intelligence has learned to speak, play music, and sing, and it's really good at audio......»»
Sexual selection: Why do females prefer ornate male signals?
Sexual selection provides an answer to the existence of lavishly ornate signals in animals, but not to the question of why such signals are attractive—for example, why do females prefer the extravagant plumage of peacocks? As part of an internation.....»»
Discovery of a crucial clue to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral porous materials
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been gaining attention as promising carbon-neutral porous materials, thanks to their high performance in gas storage, separation, and conversion. The geometric building blocks of MOFs, metal clusters and organic l.....»»
Male beetles neglect their genomes when competing for females
Male beetles face a trade-off between competing with other males for mating opportunities and repairing damage to their sperm DNA, according to a study published April 4 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Mareike Koppik from Uppsala Universit.....»»
2024 Mazda CX-90 First Drive: New Three-Row SUV Doesn"t Neglect The Driver
Mazda's CX-90 is entirely new, but there's some familiar attention-to-detail in how this three-row SUV drives. Question is, is the PHEV worth the price? Mazd.....»»
Bats in disrupted ecosystems are more infected with coronaviruses, reveals study
Over the past 20 years, coronaviruses in wild bat populations have led to three major disease outbreaks in humans: SARS in 2002, MERS in 2012 and COVID-19. The latter triggered an ongoing global pandemic. In turn, this has focused greater attention o.....»»
3CX supply chain attack: What do we know?
Five days have passed since the supply chain attack targeting 3CX customers gained wider public attention, but the software’s manufacturer is yet to confirm how the Windows and macOS desktop apps (based on the Electron software framework) have.....»»
The coming flood: Meet the flood watchers
Floods in California rarely attract the sort of attention that earthquakes, wildfires or even shark attacks do. Perhaps it has something to do with the severity of an unprecedented, yearslong drought that is far from over. This winter's deluge—part.....»»
Leveraging network automation to enhance network security
Data backups get a lot of attention, but sadly, sometimes, the operational work that keeps networks secure – like device backups, upgrades, and configuration grooming – goes undone. Recent high-profile network outages have brought attention to th.....»»
Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex "gifts"
Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary "gifts" males use to entice them into mating......»»
Simplified screening of individual bacterial species in biosamples
In medical research and diagnostics, the microbiome, i.e. the microbial colonization of the intestine, is increasingly gaining attention. A stool sample can be used to precisely analyze the complex microbial ecosystem of the gut. There are basically.....»»
Indian MEMS startup INFAB shares perspective on surging domestic market
India's interest in developing a semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem has been the subject of much discussion. However, there are other closely related segments that offer just as many opportunities but receive less attention. One such area is MEMS.....»»
Researchers find new water reservoir on moon
Lunar surface water has attracted much attention due to its potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar exploration missions and other space missions.....»»
The "Stonehenge calendar" shown to be a modern construct
Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 BC......»»
Housing plays key role in disaster preparedness, says study
Researchers focus a lot of attention on how disasters such as hurricanes and floods affect people's housing in the United States......»»
The Great Southern Reef is in more trouble than the Great Barrier Reef, find researchers
Marine heat waves are damaging reef ecosystems around Australia, but while the tropical north has received the lion's share of the attention to date, we equally need to worry about the temperate south......»»