Elephants can judge the quantity of hidden food just by using smell
3 June 2019
Asian elephants have shown that they can judge quantities – the amount of seeds in a locked bucket – just by using their extremely sensitive sense of smell
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Wild bees' nest made entirely out of plastic discovered in Argentina
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The first report of a bee’s nest made entirely from plastic comes from Argentina. The leafcutter bees created cells out of what may be bits of old plastic bags
Smart glove works out what you’re holding from its weight and shape
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Teaching robots how to touch is tricky, but this new smart glove lets a neural network learn the shape and weight of an object the wearer is holding
Stalled jet stream has caused two weeks of tornadoes in the US
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A warming Arctic has stalled the jet stream over the Pacific ocean, leading to severe weather across much of the US, including a record-breaking run of tornadoes
NASA is running a competition to figure out how to settle the galaxy
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You have 80 million years, a fleet of starships, and a galaxy to colonise: Go! That’s the problem astrophysicists face in a NASA challenge to settle the stars
