The first-ever observed hybrid may be a sign the predators are adapting to climate change. This hybrid black tip shark contains both Common and Australian black tip DNA. University of Queensland Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to…
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An artist’s rendition of XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx space plane high above the Earth. Roughly the size of a small private airplane, the craft is designed to make several flights a day into a zero-gravity environment. (Mike Massee/XCOR) Thrill seekers looking for the ultimate rocket ride may soon turn that dream into a reality aboard a…
Snails have joined the growing ranks of animals whose own metabolism can be used to generate electricity. The dozen or so brown garden snails crawling around the plastic, moss-filled terrarium in Evgeny Katz’s laboratory look normal, but they have a hidden superpower: they produce electricity. Into each mollusc, Katz and his team at Clarkson University…