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- How bird eggs get their bling
- Worms' mental GPS helps them find food
- Sharing that crowded holiday flight with countless hitchhiking dust mites
| Posted: 12 Dec 2014 04:02 PM PST Splashy blue and green hues pop from under the glassy finish of the Tinamou species' (bird relatives of ostriches, rheas and emus) eggs. Pigments covered by a thin, smooth cuticle reveal the mystery behind these curious shells, researchers discovered. The finding could lead to the development of glossy new coatings for ceramics and floors, potentially enhancing their aesthetic qualities and durability. |
| Worms' mental GPS helps them find food Posted: 10 Dec 2014 01:21 PM PST A theory to explain how animals gather information and switch attention has been devised by scientists who have developed a mathematical theory -- based on roundworm foraging -- that predicts how animals decide to switch from localized to very broad searching. This new theory could begin to explain animal behavior in a more unified way, laying the groundwork for general rules of behavior that could help us understand complex or erratic attention-related behaviors, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and even let us predict how extraterrestrials might behave. |
| Sharing that crowded holiday flight with countless hitchhiking dust mites Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:08 AM PST As if holiday travel isn't stressful enough. Now researchers say we're likely sharing that already overcrowded airline cabin with countless tiny creatures including house dust mites. |
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