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Despite reputation, bonobos are aggressive, particularly toward males: study
22+ hour, 22+ min ago (424+ words) Bonobos live in matriarchal societies where one would expect more aggression among females, but researchers observed more hostility towards males Living in matriarchal societies, the gentle-eyed primates once dubbed "hippy apes" are far from violence-free, a group of European researchers…...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man’s ancestors
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (136+ words) Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man's ancestors'swiowanewssource.com Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University of Iowa…...
Earth's ice is melting: where and how fast?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (658+ words) Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record. Here are some key points about the planet's ice as human-induced global warming accelerates: Nearly all of…...
Spacecraft exploring mysteries of Mars celebrates 20th anniversary
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (125+ words) Spacecraft exploring mysteries of Mars celebrates 20th anniversary'swiowanewssource.com (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Ariz via SWNS) A spacecraft exploring the mysteries of Mars has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of…...
Parrot DNA shows animal trade networks existed hundreds of years ago
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (20+ words) Parrot DNA shows animal trade networks existed hundreds of years ago'swiowanewssource.com Red-and-green Macaws. (Balazs Tisza via SWNS)...
United States’ unveils futuristic fleet of nextâgen airplanes
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (312+ words) Artist impression of the X-76 aircraft. (DARPA via SWNS) The United States is to unleash a futuristic fleet of next'gen warplanes. The new X'Plane, officially revealed as the X'76, is able to take off without a runway but still fly at…...
Satellite bigger than grand piano crashing to Earth this week
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (221+ words) Artist rendition of Van Allen Probes spacecraft. (NASA via SWNS) A satellite larger than a grand piano is expected to crash to Earth this week. NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere eight years earlier than…...
Greece hopes eco moorings will protect vital seagrass colonies
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (577+ words) A diver instals one of the new eco-moorings in Porto Rafti bay near Athens The underwater meadows of posidonia seagrass in Porto Rafti bay near Athens Greece hopes to extend the eco-moorings across its extensive coastline At the popular yachting…...
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (535+ words) Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began…...
How ‘space weather’ may cause alien signals to get lost in space
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (567+ words) A planet's radio signal may begin as a sharp tone (left, white) but can be spread out by the star'[s surroundings plasma winds into a wider, fainter signal (right, green). The study suggests we may be missing signals by…...