High-quality nonfiction films can feel tough to come by when scouring the ever-growing mountain of streaming apps out there. That’s part of why documentary lovers are increasingly subscribing to one service that is solely devoted to docs, and it’s extremely well-curated at the same time. Curiosity Stream offers users on-demand access …
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In a paper published this week in the journal iScience, an international team of researchers documented chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) purposefully using signals to start and then end social activities, a behavior not seen outside of the human species until now. Joint action structure of chimpanzees and bonobos …
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Back in October of 2019, astronomers noticed something strange about the star that forms the “shoulder” of the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse. Beginning that month, the star began to dim. Between October 2019 and late February 2020, the star’s brightness dropped by a factor of three.In the past, unusual brightening and …
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Jupiter and Saturn, our solar system’s two largest worlds, have been drawing ever closer to each other in the sky in recent months as seen from our Earthly vantage, an event that has come to be known as a great conjunction. The two planets will appear closest together on …
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By 4 months of age, the cognitive performance of common ravens (Corvus corax) in experimental tasks is similar to those of two great ape species, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Pika et al. conducted the first systematic, quantitative large-scale assessment of physical and social cognitive performance of common …
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Humans, mice, zebrafish, and most likely other animals, share enhancers — DNA regions that help to regulate gene expression and evolve rapidly — with Amphimedon queenslandica, a species of sea sponge from the Great Barrier Reef, according to new research. Amphimedon queenslandica. Image credit: University of Queensland. “Some elements of …
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Yesterday, Apple announced its new M1 SoC. It’s an impressive piece of work — I’ll share some thoughts on it here — but I want to get one thing out of the way upfront. Apple made a lot of claims about the M1’s performance relative to x86 that I …
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As I write to you on Friday afternoon, the Palantir S-1 has yet to drop, but TechCrunch did break some news regarding the impending filing and just how big the company actually is. Please forgive the block quote, but here’s our reporting: In screenshots of a draft S-1 statement dated yesterday (August …
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New Study Sheds Light on Diet of Juvenile Great White Sharks The diet of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) is about 32% mid-water fish, 17% bottom-dwelling fish, 5% reef fish, and 15% batoid fish such as stingrays; the remainder is unidentified fish or less abundant prey, according to new research …
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Male great tits (Parus major) choose neighbors with similar personalities to their own, according to new research from the University of Oxford, UK. Johnson et al assessed whether a great tit breeding population is structured by personality. Image credit: Shirley Clarke / Fordingbridge Camera Club / CC BY-SA 3.0. Lead …
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