An African freshwater fish species called the Peters’ elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) generates weak electrical pulses to safely navigate its environment. Animals, plants, or the fish’s favorite food — mosquito larvae — provide specific electric colors during this electrolocation, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology. …

If that keeps up, this will mark the first season in 30 years when NBA teams averaged more than 100 possessions per 48 minutes. This season, 18 NBA teams are averaging 30 or more three-point attempts per game. Theres no team doing a better version of zagging during the 2018-19 …

The Hammerhead Triangle is an imaginary geometric development formed by Cocos Island, the Galapagos Islands and Malpelo. All 3 of these destinations are popular in the scuba community for their population of hammerhead sharks and the ease with which you can see them while diving. Within this triangle and most …

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The Scotiabank Giller Prize has been handed out for 25 years, recognizing excellence in Canadian fiction. Not only does the recipient win the award, but they also get a cash prize of $100,000.00. Last night author Esi Edugyan took home the award for her novel Washington Black, which happened to be the …

The European Union has been going hard on technology giants like Google in recent years, but the search giant is expressing serious concerns about the EU’s new copyright directives. According to a Google executive, the company is considering shutting down its Google News portal in Europe if the latest copyright …

One of the most significant benefits of Curiosity’s work on Mars won’t actually help Curiosity at all. After years of probing the Red Planet with probes like Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity, we’ve gathered a great deal of information about how water once flowed across Mars. Features that once looked as …

A team of researchers from Dalhousie University, Canada, has identified two previously undescribed species of hemimastigotes — members of the extremely rare protist group Hemimastigophora. Through phylogenetic analysis, they found that hemimastigotes represent a previously unrecognized supergroup of eukaryotes. The findings are published in the journal Nature. Hemimastix kukwesjijk. Image …

A small songbird called the Siberian willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis) holds a long-distance migration record in the 10-gram weight category — with the tiny birds flying around 8,000 miles (13,000 km) or longer to reach their destination. The Siberian willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis). Image credit: Kristaps Sokolovskis. The …

After decades of groundbreaking laboratory work, the world’s scientific and technical community came together on November 16, 2018, to redefine kilogram (kg), ampere (A), kelvin (K) and mole (mol) — four of the seven base units for the International System of Units (SI), informally known as the metric system. The …