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- Early development reveals axolotl mysteries
- Our galaxy's most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought
- Hearing the same sound twice in each ear helps insects locate their mates
- New large prehistoric shark discovered
- The value of marine waste
| Early development reveals axolotl mysteries Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:01 PM PDT In the amphibian world, the axolotl is the replacement-parts king. This endangered Mexican salamander serves as its own NAPA store for lost body parts, able to fully regenerate limbs, tail, heart, spine and eyes -- making it a model of curiosity for regenerative biologists. |
| Our galaxy's most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought Posted: 03 Oct 2016 11:03 AM PDT A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both in and outside of the scientific community for the past year. In 2015 a team of astronomers announced that the star underwent a series of very brief, non-periodic dimming events while it was being monitored by NASA's Kepler space telescope, and no one could quite figure out what caused them. A new study has deepened the mystery. |
| Hearing the same sound twice in each ear helps insects locate their mates Posted: 03 Oct 2016 10:04 AM PDT An incredibly advanced hearing system which enables a group of insects to listen to the same sound twice with each ear, helping them to locate the sound's origin with pinpoint accuracy, has been discovered by scientists. |
| New large prehistoric shark discovered Posted: 03 Oct 2016 06:33 AM PDT Megalolamna paradoxodon is the name of a new extinct shark described by an international research team who based their discovery on fossilized teeth up to 4.5 centimeters (1.8 inches) tall found from the eastern and western United States (California and North Carolina), Peru and Japan. |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2016 06:26 AM PDT Scientists are using squid, fish and algae waste to obtain new materials. This line of research is offering a fresh take on plastics aligned with the principles of the circular economy, which is based on preserving and improving natural capital by controlling finite stocks and balancing the flows of renewable resources. In this context, the group's research is highlighting, in particular, the upgrading of industrial by-products or waste through processes that minimize the use of resources, both material and energy ones, to obtain competitive, sustainable products. |
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