The world's supply of rubber is in jeopardy. Can we find new sources?
15 May 2019
Rubber is essential to modern life, but the trees that provide it could be wiped out by a deadly disease. Some scrubby weeds may provide the unlikely solution
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Some deep-sea fish have evolved souped-up colour night vision
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Several species of fish living in the deep ocean have evolved extra copies of genes that enable them to see a range of colour hues in the near-darkness
Penguin and seal dung nourishes organisms that are kilometres away
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Nitrogen from penguin and seal faeces in Antarctica can spread to an area up to 240 times the original colony, which serves as a vital nutrient for other plants and animals
Birds introduced to Hawaii have evolved rapidly in just decades
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Non-native birds are replacing Hawaii’s endemic species, adapting to new environments at a blistering pace of evolution on the island of O’ahu
Scientists dunked test tubes in hot springs to recreate life’s origins
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Nearly 4 billion years after life arose on Earth, researchers have been trying to recreate the first steps towards life in hot, bubbling pools in New Zealand
Wasps are the first invertebrates seen to use a type of logic
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Wasps may be able use a type of logical reasoning called transitive inference to avoid an electric shock and are the first invertebrates we've seen doing so
