Natures wonders: Bacteria on the attack
by David Turell , Thursday, December 08, 2011, 17:35 (4712 days ago) @ David Turell
Breaching an enemy's walls. How did this evolve?
Natures wonders: Bees house hunt
by David Turell , Friday, December 09, 2011, 18:06 (4711 days ago) @ David Turell
Dancing bees conduct a house hunt. They signal and by majority choose a new spot for a new swarm.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-house-hunting-honey-bees-complex-brains.html
Natures wonders: Magnetic bacteria!
by David Turell , Friday, December 16, 2011, 18:06 (4704 days ago) @ David Turell
How do these guys reproduce? They can't become monopoles. Fascinating research:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-bacteria-break-a-magnet&WT.mc_...
Natures wonders:Crows learning
by David Turell , Sunday, December 18, 2011, 00:56 (4703 days ago) @ David Turell
Crows learn easily:
http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/aesops-crows-understand-physics.html
Natures wonders:Now about parrots
by David Turell , Monday, December 26, 2011, 03:33 (4695 days ago) @ David Turell
Seem to be as smart as crows in counting numbers after one year of training:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/science/pigeons-can-learn-higher-math-as-well-as-monk...
Natures wonders:Bees making plastic!
by David Turell , Monday, December 26, 2011, 18:01 (4694 days ago) @ David Turell
The researcher complains they can't figure out how to break it down!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=from-pollen-to-polyester&print=true