Wednesday, January 16, 2019

science news 16.1.2019

Today's round-up of science stories. 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 (using quotation marks) in cases where the title alone doesn't reveal what the story is about.


animal weaponry

Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime
How to stun a shark ...

Mojave rattlesnakes' life-threatening venom is more widespread than expected


life on the edge

Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier

A microbial hot spring in your basement
extremophiles are beginning to colonise domestic heating systems ...


conservation

New study shows animals may get used to drones

'Outdated' management plan increases risks to Alaska's large carnivores
"Alaskan wildlife management that prioritizes reducing bear and wolf populations so hunters can kill more moose, caribou and deer is both backward and lacks scientific monitoring."



Caption: Alaskan brown bears on Kodiak Island.
Credit: Lisa Hupp, US Fish and Wildlife Service



humans

New insights into what Neolithic people ate in southeastern Europe

3,000-year-old eastern North American quinoa discovered in Ontario

11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt

Cop voice: Jay-Z, Public Enemy songs highlight police tactic to frighten people of color

NYSCF scientists make strides in creation of clinical-grade bone



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From the news media:

Growing cotton on the Moon






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