Beetles Conquered Earth by Evolving a Tiny Chemical Factory
There are around 66,000 species of rove beetles and one researcher proposes it's because of one special gland.
Dr. Andrei Mihai is a geophysicist and founder of ZME Science. He has a Ph.D. in geophysics and archaeology and has completed courses from prestigious universities (with programs ranging from climate and astronomy to chemistry and geology). He is passionate about making research more accessible to everyone and communicating news and features to a broad audience.
There are around 66,000 species of rove beetles and one researcher proposes it's because of one special gland.
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The answer is 142 billion. Plus or minus a few, of course.
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“I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself,” he said.
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“It’s an entirely new phase of matter.”
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Penis etchings -- the longstanding hallmark of military troops.
Attacks on science are rarely signs of something good.
The more you try to get AI to talk about what it's doing, the sneakier it gets.
One bear. Six years. One hidden history of pollution brought to light by a laser.
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Apparently, Sierra Leone is both very round and quite rectangular.
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A new study suggests that an optimized AI model could detect harmful social media comments with 87% accuracy.
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This new method of converting sewage sludge cuts CO2 emissions by 99.5% compared to conventional methods.
Some Pro Life advocates may actually be subconsciously more fixated on the lives of the parents.
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Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor with no experience treating patients, is set to become the director of the NIH.
Before bees, there were beetles
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A new study found that machine drying costs U.S. households over $7 billion annually.
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A new study confirms the idea: the sound from wind turbines just doesn't make a difference.
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
China's ghost cities aren't just an economic puzzle — they're a major environmental issue.
Millions of Americans have been exposed to a mass shooting.
Whales migrate great distances and, as they travel, create nutrient superhighways in our oceans.
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“While directly editing game files might seem unconventional, there are no explicit restrictions against modifying files,” the AI said.
Eurasian coots are unknowingly creating plastic archives of the Anthropocene.
Musk has become the ultimate disinformation machine.
From a groundbreaking find to a global disaster. This is how one species and human error endangered amphibians everywhere.