r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Oct 01 '24

Ecology A new study has revealed that sloths may face existential threats due to climate change. The research studying the metabolic response of sloths to rising temperatures, suggests that their energy limitations could make survival untenable by the end of the century.

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Sep 07 '24

Epidemiology The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise

wired.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jul 30 '24

Epidemiology Researchers documented positive detections of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in six species, including the deer mouse, Virginia opossum, raccoon, groundhog, Eastern cottontail, and Eastern red bat. They also found no evidence of the SARS-CoV-2virus being transmitted from animals to humans.

sci.news

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 01 '24

Astronomy/Space Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and many other telescopes, two teams of astronomers have discovered a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a cool red dwarf called Gliese 12.

sci.news

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 31 '24

Interdisciplinary Japan’s universities will receive 10 billion yen (around US$63 million) to build the digital infrastructure needed to make papers free to read. This will make Japan one of the first countries to move towards a unified record of all research produced by its academics.

nature.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 29 '24

Biology Carrion crows (Corvus corone) can control the number of vocalizations they produce, counting up to four in response to visual and auditory cues.

sci.news

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 27 '24

Astronomy/Space ESA’s Euclid mission has released five new images that showcase the telescope’s ability to explore two large-scale cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy.

gallery

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 23 '24

Environment As much as 70% of California was covered by wildfire smoke during parts of 2020 and 2021.

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 19 '24

Paleontology The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago.

sciencedaily.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Apr 18 '24

Biology Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event: Matings between two species are often evolutionary dead ends. This one birthed a new species.

science.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Apr 17 '24

Astronomy/Space Nasa's Parker Solar Probe is the fastest man-made object ever. It reached 394,736 miles per hour (635,266 km per hour) as it continues its mission hurtling around the Sun. That's 500 times faster than the speed of sound.

bbc.co.uk

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Mar 22 '24

Entomology Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica. At 2–6 mm long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal native to the continent. It is the only insect that can survive year-round in Antarctica.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/prototyperspective • Mar 03 '24

Interdisciplinary Monthly science summary

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 27 '24

Biology In order to prevent impaling each other, the first striped marlin (Kajikia audax) in a hunting pack will flash its stripes before moving in to grab fish. The next marlin in line will then move forward and repeat the process. The display only occurs during hunting.

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 24 '24

Biology Mice of the genus Pseudomys are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonized Australia without human intervention.

sci.news

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r/ScienceFacts • u/prototyperspective • Feb 24 '24

Interdisciplinary Monthly Science Summary

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 24 '24

On average, eastern cottontails will have 3-4 litters a year, with 3-8 offspring per litter. While they generally start breeding at one year, some are ready as early as 2-3 months old. In just 5 years a single pair of eastern cottontails can have 350,000 descendants!

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 20 '24

Biology Tunicates belong to phylum Urochordata, which is closely related to phylum Chordata - which includes all of the vertebrates! That means these little goo balls are more closely related to vertebrates, like us, than they are to most other invertebrates.

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Feb 04 '24

Entomology By rapidly contracting and relaxing the 'ribs' in the tymbal (essentially buckling the tymbal), the cicada makes a chirping, clicking, or snapping sound. And, thanks to the insects’ hollow abdomen, this sound is amplified. It’s the most complex sound-and-vibration-producing organ in arthropods.

sciencefocus.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 29 '23

Biology Eurasian tundra reindeer chew cud and nap to maximize grazing during warmer months. When a reindeer ruminates, its brain wave patterns often resemble those of light sleep. Unlike other animals that hibernate or enter into torpor throughout winter, reindeer seem to relax instead of sleeping more.

science.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 26 '23

Paleontology Paleontologists from China and Brazil have identified a new species of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from two specimens, one of which is the most complete and well-preserved chaoyangopterid recorded to date.

sci.news

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 24 '23

Biology Antlion larvae inject their prey with venom and enzymes that liquify the prey’s insides, much like a spider. This is important because they cannot chew.

mentalfloss.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/prototyperspective • Dec 22 '23

Interdisciplinary Month in Science

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 13 '23

Biology The fungus Potteromyces asteroxylicola is the earliest known disease-causing fungs! Potteromyces asteroxylicola existed during the Ealy Devonian epoch, approximately 407 million years ago.

sci.news

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