Science

Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell

A school of hardyhead silverside fish (Atherinomorus lacunosus) flees from four blacktip reef sharks near the shore of the Maldives in this aerial photo. Behavioral biologists Angela Albi and August Paula of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany, captured the image, a still frame from drone footage, during a study of…

A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?

So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third of U.S. adults aren’t sleeping enough. Teenagers’ sleep is even worse; 8 in 10 teens are sleep deprived. Our collective exhaustion isn’t good for us. Lack of sleep can come with a range of health problems. Our immune…

Mantis shrimp are famous for their ultrafast, powerful punches used to dispatch prey. They can land volley after shell-splintering volley, without major injury to their own nerves or flesh. That’s because the exoskeleton of their club-like forelimbs is built to filter out the most damaging pressure waves caused by a strike, researchers report in the…

When egg prices are hard-boiling your temper, it’s important to make sure that each egg you make is the best it can possibly be. But when your egg white is cooked, your egg yolk is often still a runny mess. Once the yolk is cooked, the white is rubbery. The solution is a method of…