Will Plants Ever Fertilize Themselves? ( www.newyorker.com )
Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists ( www.businessinsider.com )
Insecticides Made of RNA Could Offer a Safer and More Targeted Weapon Against Crop Pests ( www.science.org )
What can bulls tell us about men? ( ethz.ch )
Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever ( www.nytimes.com )
(sans paywall courtesy of the only reason I have a bluesky account)
TIL about spider number 16, the longest lived spider on record, and the decades long study by researcher Barbara York Main ( en.wikipedia.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21700185...