Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists ( www.businessinsider.com )
Vancouver Aquarium rescues weeks-old sea otter ( www.youtube.com )
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Researchers at MIT Use Light-sensitive Proteins to Stimulate Muscle Contractions ( news.mit.edu )
New Patient: EL2401 Female Otter Pup (Name TBD)
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Algae offer real potential as a renewable electricity source, new Concordia research shows - Concordia University ( www.concordia.ca )
How plants heal wounds: Mechanical forces guide direction of cell division ( phys.org )
[Veritasium] What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color ( www.youtube.com )
Found this moth today
photo of a fuzzy palm sized moth...
Communication Breakdown: Faulty messaging between organs could make us old ( www.science.org )
What's the closest any animal species has come to evolving to have telepathy?
Recently increased prevalence of the human median artery of the forearm: A microevolutionary change ( onlinelibrary.wiley.com )
TIL about spider number 16, the longest lived spider on record, and the decades long study by researcher Barbara York Main ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Meet the smallest animal known to spread seeds with its poop ( www.science.org )
Back from the dead: Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves ( news.illinois.edu )
[SciShow] Virgin Births: Inbreeding with Yourself ( www.youtube.com )
Six stories of parthenogenesis:...
Spider adaptations to aquatic life ( cdn.arstechnica.net )
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