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Montanans urged to review severe weather plans as storms move in | State | fairfieldsuntimes. com
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (290+ words) MONTANA " Thunderstorms continued moving through parts of Montana as weather experts said it was time to review severe weather plans. In Montana, tornadoes do happen, even if many people more often connect them with places like Kansas and Oklahoma. Meteorologists…...
Bumblebees able to problem solve despite having tiny brains
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (745+ words) Bumblebees are the brainboxes of the insect world, suggests new research. The garden pollinators are able to solve puzzles spontaneously " despite having tiny brains, scientists say. Bumblebees were able to complete several new object-manipulation tasks in a series of groundbreaking…...
Northern Lights could appear after huge solar flare eruptions
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (284+ words) (NASA SDO via SWNS) Brits could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight after three huge solar flares. NASA reported a trio of eruptions from the Sun this week - and warned they are causing radio blackouts across the globe....
Fossils reveal how ancient cattle roamed Earth 4 million years ago
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (584+ words) Palaeoartistic reconstruction of the environment in the surroundings of Camp dels Ninots maar lake during the early Pliocene. (Mauricio Ant'n via SWNS) Ancestors of today's cattle were roaming the grasslands of Europe over four million years ago, reveals new research....
Study finds day-old caterpillars can recognize a ladybug's footsteps
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (636+ words) A ladybeetle (Hippodamia convergens) approaching a warty birch caterpillar (Falcaria bilineata, enlarged in the inset top left) on a birch leaf. (Emilie Maudult via SWNS) Day-old caterpillars one-twentieth the size of a grain of rice can recognize the footsteps of…...
Rare lemur quadruplets born at zoo
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (258+ words) A Devon wildlife charity is celebrating a "baby boom" following the birth of four critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs. Shaldon Wildlife Trust welcomed quadruplets, born on May 4 to mother Eka and father Nero, and says it represents a significant milestone for…...
Fish Cast launches in Bozeman to track drought risk for trout rivers
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (434+ words) The goal is to give fisheries managers, anglers and outfitters a clearer picture of where drought might affect rivers and where other waters may offer better conditions. BOZEMAN, Mont. " Montana State University (MSU) has launched a new online tool to…...
Living bandage" acelerates healing of wounds
3+ day, 48+ min ago (611+ words) Elizabeth Kelley holding a cytokine-secreting patch. (Jared Jones / Rice University via SWNS) A new "living bandage" accelerates the healing of wounds, according to new research. The high-tech patch delivers healing proteins from engineered cells in a mini "factory" around the…...
NASA's "Son of Concorde' could make first supersonic flight in days | National | fairfieldsuntimes. com
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (418+ words) A "son of Concorde" that could fly from London to New York in under four hours may be days away from its first supersonic flight. NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is expected to hit the flight milestone " at speeds of…...