earth
Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington's coast
evolution
Ancient birds out of the egg running
"Using their own laser imaging technology, Dr Michael Pittman from the Department of Earth Sciences at The University of Hong Kong and Thomas G Kaye from the Foundation for Scientific Advancement in the USA determined the lifestyle of a special hatchling bird by revealing the previously unknown feathering preserved in the fossil specimen found in the ~125 million-year-old Early Cretaceous fossil beds of Los Hoyas, Spain."
Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies
ecology
Low-cost and energy efficient recording of biodiversity soundscapes
see also my recent feature on soundscape ecology
behaviour
World's smallest bears' facial expressions throw doubt on human superiority
"The world's smallest bears can exactly mimic another bear's facial expressions, casting doubt on humans and other primates' supremacy at this subtle form of communication. It is the first time such exact facial mimicry has been seen outside of humans and gorillas."
This is a mature female sun bear in Malaysia.
Copyright: Daniela Hartmann
technology
Dynamic hydrogel used to make 'soft robot' components and LEGO-like building blocks
humans
When more women make decisions, the environment wins
"When more women are involved in group decisions about land management, the group conserves more - particularly when offered financial incentives to do so, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study published this week in Nature Climate Change."
New membrane class shown to regenerate tissue and bone, viable solution for periodontitis
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From the news media
The UK will miss almost all the 2020 nature targets it signed up to a decade ago, reports The Guardian.
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