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- Spiders quickly learn eavesdropping to gain ground on the mating competition
- A droplet's pancake bounce
- Fish that have their own fish finders
- Seeing the sunnier side of life: Scientists bring a whole new meaning to winter blues
- Five billion light years across: The largest feature in the universe
- Super star takes on black holes in jet contest
| Spiders quickly learn eavesdropping to gain ground on the mating competition Posted: 04 Aug 2015 11:32 AM PDT When it comes to courting, one common spider species is quick to learn, and that learning process involves eavesdropping on the visual cues of rivals to win their mate. Scientists report that when wolf spiders were shown videos of other leg-tapping, courting males paired with silk cues from females, they quickly learned to recognize the behavior as part of the courtship process -- in as little as four days.  |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2015 11:29 AM PDT New discovery about how surface gradients influence droplet behavior may enable novel surfaces with anti-icing capabilities for a tremendous range of applications.  |
| Fish that have their own fish finders Posted: 04 Aug 2015 04:42 AM PDT African fish called mormyrids communicate by means of electric signals. Fish in one group can glean detailed information from a signal's waveform, but fish in another group are insensitive to waveform variations. Research has uncovered the neurological basis for this difference in perception.  |
| Seeing the sunnier side of life: Scientists bring a whole new meaning to winter blues Posted: 04 Aug 2015 04:40 AM PDT Scientists have shed new light on how humans process color -- revealing that we see things differently in winter compared with summer. The researchers examined how our color perception changes between seasons and in particular how we process the color known as unique yellow.  |
| Five billion light years across: The largest feature in the universe Posted: 04 Aug 2015 04:40 AM PDT Astronomers have found what appears to be the largest feature in the observable universe: a ring of nine gamma ray bursts -- and hence galaxies - 5 billion light years across.  |
| Super star takes on black holes in jet contest Posted: 04 Aug 2015 04:39 AM PDT A super-dense star formed in the aftermath of a supernova explosion is shooting out powerful jets of material into space, research suggests. It was previously thought that the only objects in the Universe capable of forming such powerful jets were black holes.  |
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