evolution
Ancient fish fossil reveals evolutionary origin of the human hand
'Wonderchicken' fossil from the age of dinosaurs reveals origin of modern birds
ecology
Salmon provide nutrients to Alaskan streambanks
I knew that, it's in my recent salmon feature as well as in the earlier megapoo feature.
Reef manta rays in New Caledonia dive up to 672 meters deep at night
Manta ray tagging
Credit: Hugo Lassauce
Two new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawsharks have been found in the West Indian Ocean
6000-8000 km round trip flight of migratory wading birds tracked
biomedical
Digestive symptoms are prominent among COVID-19 patients
still no excuse for hoarding toilet rolls.
food and drink
New sensor could help prevent food waste
climate change
Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
humans
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
How accurately can you judge your own looks? Researchers looked at how we rate our own bodies when viewed from a first-person perspective compared to when viewed from an outside perspective. They did this by creating three virtual bodies ('avatars') for each participant. Participants rated their own body as more attractive when viewing it from a third-person perspective in virtual reality and showed that our internal representation of our own body shape is highly inaccurate.
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