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Indo-Pacific sponge Chelonaplysilla sp.

Life

Sponges can 鈥榮neeze鈥� and other sea creatures eat their mucus

Despite having no nerves or muscles, sea sponges slowly contract to squeeze sand and debris out of the openings they feed through

News
Roasting green chile on top of Sandia National Laboratories? National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Roasting green chile with concentrated sunlight instead of propane produces flavorful chile and reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

Technology

Roasting green chillies in the sun could pave way for solar cooking

News
Low water levels

Environment

Drought in England: Dry rivers and stressed plants hit wildlife hard

News
underwater robot

Technology

Underwater robot scans seabed to seek out the most harmful pollution

News
On the left, a creamy-yellow, oblong, pill bug-like crustacean is displayed with its carapace pointed upwards. On the right, the same crustacean is shown on its back with 14 pairs of legs pointed upwards.

Life

Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species

News
Bronze pot

Humans

Secrets of an ancient Chinese recipe for bronze finally deciphered

News
Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) may age more slowly while hibernating

Life

Bats show fewer signs of ageing while they are hibernating

News
Five construction workers wearing yellow and orange vests and wide-brimmed helmets repair a roof, while one worker in the middle spreads hot tar on the roof's surface.

Environment

US government ramps up effort to put in place ‘too hot to work’ rules

News
Jumping spider close up eyes
Life

Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

Video
A tiny robot runs at 70 body lengths per second at its fastest. making it incredibly fast for its size. In comparison, a cheetah runs at about 20-something body lengths per second.

Technology

Tiny electromagnetic robot runs fast and re-forms after being squished

A soft rubber robot smaller than a postage stamp and controlled by electromagnetic forces can swim, jump and rotate 鈥� and could be used to deliver drugs or perform procedures inside a human body

News

Environment

Recycling dead trees could cut carbon emissions in US cities

News

Space

How to spot the 2022 Perseid meteor shower that will peak on Saturday

News

Environment

‘Dry lightning’ sparked the most destructive wildfires in California

News

Environment

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

News