Giant dinosaurs used the planet to warm their eggs
Dinosaurs were smarter than you might think – they used the heat from geysers and volcanoes to warm their eggs. Ed Yong explains how scientists figured out dinosaurs’ nest heating systems. At Argentina’s Sanagasta Geological Park, there is a volcanic nursery for giants. It’s a site that is strewn with the fossilised eggs of giant…
Why size doesn’t matter: Ants and world domination
Mark Moffett is a photographer and explorer who travels the world looking for new species and scientific wonders. In his latest book, Adventures Among Ants, he takes you deep into “extreme ant societies.” Here’s an excerpt, about ant hive minds. Although we think of all ants as small, they vary in size several thousandfold. The…
Scientists crack chemical code that controls bacterial swarms
The visible concentric circles you see in this picture show a bacteria swarm as the colony starts and stops its progress. Now Spanish researchers have discovered a key component of infectious bacteria’s battle plan – and how to stop it. They’ve identified a protein that tells bacteria in a colony to halt their forward march…