Wednesday, September 25, 2019

science news 25.9.2019

-- normal service resumes after 10 days traveling --

Today's selection of science news. Links are normally to press releases on EurekAlert (at the bottom end I may also add a couple of newspaper stories). I include quotes from the summary in italics in cases where the title alone doesn't reveal what the story is about. My own thoughts appear without italics if I have any.


astrobiology

Could we feed one million people living on mars?


evolution

What color were fossil animals?
an international study [...] that evaluates fossil color reconstruction methods to propose a new study framework that improves and expands current practice. The paper was recently published in the journal Biological Reviews.


ecology

Bats use private and social information as they hunt
As some of the most savvy and sophisticated predators out there, bats eavesdrop on their prey and even on other bats to collect a wide variety of information as they hunt.

What wolves' teeth reveal about their lives

Jackdaws learn from each other about 'dangerous' humans
Not sure what the quote marks around the word dangerous are supposed to mean. Humans are dangerous for a vast range of species, it's not as if the birds were being paranoid.



Jackdaw
Credit: Guill McIvor


nanoworld

Quality control in immune communication: Chaperones detect immature signaling molecules


humans

Genome study shows that iran's population is more heterogeneous than previously believed

Traditional fisherfolk help uncover ancient fish preservation methods

Deep brain stimulation for refractory severe tinnitus


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