Scientists analysed footage from small video cameras with infrared night-vision attached to the animals When they are in the deep, dark ocean, seals use their whiskers to track down their prey, a study has confirmed after observing the sea mammals in their natural habitat.It’s hard for light to penetrate the gloom of the ocean’s depths, and animals have come up with a variety of adaptations in...
The solution to today’s word puzzlesEarlier today I set you a bulging girdle of post-Wordle word puzzles. Here they are with the answers.1. Old horse Continue...
Measures such as improved ventilation would boost economy by helping prevent ill health, says reportMandating improved ventilation and other forms of disease control in public buildings could save the UK economy billions of pounds each year through the prevention of ill health and its societal impacts, according to a report.It is the first study to comprehensively evaluate the health, social and...
Mail-order tests promise an estimate of how well you’re ageing but the results can be just one more thing to worry aboutAt the end of last year, Jay Chan, a 30-year-old marine engineer, bought his mother a biological age test from Elysium, a New York-based biotech and health supplements start-up founded in 2014. The test was simple – it required only a saliva sample – and it helped that it...
The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy’s evolution – and could identify habitable regions of the Milky WayAstronomers have unveiled the most detailed survey of the Milky Way, revealing thousands of “starquakes” and stellar DNA, and helping to identify the most habitable corners of our home galaxy.The observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia probe cover...
A spike in infections every three months seems to be the pattern, but the UK has the power to beat this if we act wiselyAs we move into summer, more than two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the words “new wave” are probably the last thing anyone wants to hear. Yet it is true that recent UK data (as well as data from Florida and other places) indicates that sublineages of the...
New word puzzlesWe all love Wordle. But don’t you also crave new challenges? Today’s column is a post-Wordle girdle, strapping tightly together four word-based puzzles, three of which were sent in by readers of this column.1. Old horse Continue reading...
Although not extremely bright, Hercules will cover a large area of sky this summerThe Hercules constellation is well placed for viewing from the northern hemisphere at this time of year. Although it does not have any really bright stars, the central four make a keystone shape that is easy to recognise.Hercules is also easy to spot because it covers a large area of sky; it is the fifth largest of...
In the study at a zoo in Helsinki, white-faced sakis could trigger audio or visual stimuli on demandMonkeys given their own “primate-focused” versions of Spotify and Netflix were more likely to choose audio stimuli over screen time, a study has found.Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Aalto University in Finland set out to explore how a group of three white-faced saki monkeys at...
Researchers find that patterns of blood vessels in the retina could help identify those likely to experience cardiac problemsA simple non-invasive eye examination may be able to predict risk of heart attack when combined with other information, according to a study.Researchers found that combining information about the pattern of blood vessels in the retina with traditional clinical factors...