Francis Dami
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Dogs are reverse domesticated due to the conflict in Ukraine.
After months of continuous fighting, the surviving canines near Ukraine's front lines have clearly changed to resemble wolves in both appearance and behaviour. Their changed bodies demonstrate how characteristics formed by centuries of human friendship can be quickly erased by battle.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Petlife
A skull of a Sea-Rex pliosaur was found off the coast of England.
A 6.6-foot-long pliosaur skull with its upper and lower jaws still locked together in their original configuration has been discovered by British scientists. Palaeontologists have an exceptionally good picture of how one of the most formidable predators in the Jurassic Ocean actually bit and fed because of this unique preservation.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in History
The future of Antarctica depends on the emissions decisions taken today.
On a map, Antarctica appears indestructible, a huge white shield at the earth's base. It seems removed, cut off from the world. However, the ice at Earth's edge is not isolated from the outside world.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Earth
Thousands of gallons of arsenic-contaminated water are treated by an electricity-free water system.
Laboratory tests have shown that a modified carbon filter material can lower the amount of arsenic in contaminated water to below the suggested safety limit. For households and small groups that depend on faulty wells, that outcome brings a low-cost, electricity-free alternative closer.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Chapters
The most severe ice melt episodes in Greenland are becoming significantly worse.
The ice sheet in Greenland has always somewhat melted throughout the summer. That is typical. The frequency of the most severe melt events and the amount of water they produce are no longer typical.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Earth
An 11-year-old child discovered a fossilised turtle that was 48 million years old.
A virtually complete turtle shell from around 48 million years ago was found by an 11-year-old rock hunter. Before the elements could destroy it, the unbroken shell preserved a unique window into a lost river world. Near Rock Springs, Wyoming, the dark shell was half-exposed in a layer of crumbling rock, waiting at the surface.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in History
The earliest fossilised vomit in the world with intact remains is found by scientists.
The oldest known vomit from a terrestrial mammal is a lump of fossilised vomit that is around 290 million years old. An early land food chain can be redrawn thanks to 41 bone fragments that freeze a single meal from long before dinosaurs.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in History
According to neuroscientists, this typical nightly ritual significantly enhances sleep.
It has been demonstrated that reading a book in bed improves sleep quality more than immediately turning out the lights. That straightforward practice simultaneously activates the systems of memory, language, and emotion, and that consistent concentration can facilitate the transition to sleep.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Futurism
Exercise activates a liver enzyme that fixes brain vascular damage and improves memory.
In mice, it has recently been demonstrated that a liver enzyme generated during exercise can restore memory and repair aging brain blood vessels. By linking the benefits of physical activity to a repair mechanism at the brain's outer boundary rather than inside neurones themselves, the new discovery reframes how exercise protects cognition.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in FYI
The hive has a designated "dance floor" that honey bees use.
Within a certain, quantifiable patch of comb inside the hive, honey bees focus their recruitment dances. Now that its exact outline has been established, scientists can monitor how and when colonies rearrange that common communication area in response to shifting circumstances.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Petlife
