WEIRD NATURE
By Ben Coxworth 2020 Apr 27 – The microneedle patch (red) has been successfully trialed on plants such as tomatoes. MIT. – When it comes to safer, less painful, slow-release alternatives to the hypodermic injection of medications, “microneedle patches” show a lot of promise. …
By David Szondy – Micro-fossils of the one-billion-year-old seaweed were uncovered in China. Virginia Tech. – Two paleontologists at Virginia Tech have found one billion year old fossils of green seaweed in China. Called Proterocladus antiquus, the tiny fossils are the oldest green seaweed …
Most people see weeds as a problem. But one farmer has found they can help make dry, damaged land lush again – not to mention absorb carbon from the atmosphere. By Georgina Kenyon – More than 60 years ago, when he was a …
Research explains the positive impact and health benefits of children spending more time in nature. By Jaimee Bell – Time spent in nature is beneficial for children’s mental and physical health, research says. Photo by David Tadevosian on Shutterstock “Nature-deficit disorder” is the …
By Anna Fletcher, CNN – Van Zyl’s golden mole. – Van Zyl’s golden mole is an extraordinary creature. It is more closely related to elephants than to the moles you might find in gardens and parks. It has no visible eyes or ears …
By Rich Haridy – To celebrate the coming new year, we have hand-picked a selection of the most spectacular photographs of 2019. This “best of the best” gallery gathers our favorite images from the greatest photo contests of the last twelve months, from head-spinning …
Scientists surprised by haul of crustaceans and tardigrades in undisturbed subglacial lake. Ian Sample Science editor @iansample – Tardigrade, a tiny aquatic invertebrate, is also known as a ‘water bear’. Photograph: Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library. Scientists have found the remains of tiny, …
Merry Christmas, indeed! By Johnathan J. Dalzell – Christmas and mistletoe: Have you ever simply asked yourself … why? I have studied plant parasites like mistletoe for almost 10 years, and I’m here to tell you that the answer is absolutely fascinating. In …
By James Holloway – Andrew Whitworth took the People and Nature award for this remarkable shot of a female three-toed sloth crossing a road. Andrew Whitworth and the British Ecological Society. The British Ecological Society has unveiled the winners of its Capturing Ecology …
Looking for signs of covert nuclear tests, scientists happened upon something rather unexpected instead. By Nina Pullano – Weather. It is the subject that unites us all, a guaranteed conversation-starter, and infamously unpredictable. Every year, meteorologists and news anchors across the United States …
