Natural science news

Threatened by elephants? Try recruiting ants

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:58:50 +0000

On the African plains, the whistling-thorn acacia tree protects itself against elephants by recruiting ants.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:02:32 +0000

Measurements by remote operated vehicles indicate that deep water oil plumes still existed in the Gulf of Mexico months after the oil spill.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:12:50 +0000

Geographical features observed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates that the Moon has shrunk by a hundred meters.

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:06:43 +0000

About 75% of the oil spilt at the Gulf of Mexico seems to have been broken down by bacteria.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:08:41 +0000

At least some of what were thought to be cultural traditions among chimpanzees appear to correlate with genes.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:28:51 +0000

Marks on fossil bones may push back the earliest estimates of tool use among human ancestors by 800,000 years than previously known.

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:54:57 +0000

A crocodile that was very mammal-like lived 105 million years ago.

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:26:20 +0000

Anomalous levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of Neptune indicate that there was a comet impact 230 years ago.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:08 +0000

Phytoplankton numbers have fallen across the world over the last century, particularly towards the poles and in the open oceans.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:51:43 +0000

Physicists count the number of atoms to measure temperatures that are a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero.