WEIRD NATURE
A healer conducts an ayahuasca drinking ceremony in Avie village, in Ecuador, on Jan.14, 2023. Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty images – Pardis Mahdavi, President, University of La Verne Published: 2024 Jun 28 – Ayahuasca, a sacred drink made from the stem …
CBD use during pregnancy might not be safe. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 25 – While CBD or cannabidiol is now widely available, widely used and generally considered safe, new research has found that its use during pregnancy may produce some strange …
“Purple fire” – leafcutter bee (Megachile lagopoda) by Gustav Parenmark (age 17, Sweden). Royal Entomological Society View 19 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Jun 27 – This enormous and important part of the animal kingdom may not be most people’s favorite, but insects …
An emerging model of intelligence finds flexible problem-solving capabilities at the cellular level and beyond – and it threatens to upend not just biology and genetics, but medicine, AI and consciousness research, among other things. Depositphotos View 12 Images – By Loz Blain 2024 …
Lokiceratops rangiformis is a distant cousin of the Triceratops. Fabrizio Lavezza/The Museum of Evolution, Knuthenborg CC BY-NC-ND – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 21 – A never-before-seen species of horned, herbivorous dinosaur, a predecessor of the Triceratops, has been unveiled at the Natural History …
Covering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil. Carl Lipo – Carl Lipo, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean for Research, Binghamton University, State University of New York Published: 2024 Jun 21 – Conventional …
Smoke from the South Fork fire covers the Sun, casting an orange light across the Lincoln National Forest in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Monday. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters – New Mexico – At least one killed as residents of Ruidoso escape blazes which …
Elephants communicate using vocalizations similar to human names. George Wittemyer/CSU – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 11 – Wild elephants have exhibited a rare ability among animals: communicating with others in their social circle using individual ‘names.’ The new research suggests that their human-like …
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood. María Paternina-Die, CC BY-ND – By Darby Saxbe, Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and by Magdalena Martínez García, Doctoral Student of Neuroimaging, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio …
The device is designed to augment Kangaroo Mother Care, a practice which involves chest-to-chest skin contact between an infant and a caregiver. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Jun 10 – For low-birth-weight (LBW) babies, skin-to-skin contact with their mother can literally be a …
