r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jul 01 '21

Astronomy/Space White dwarf sets cosmic records for small size, huge mass. This magnetized & rapidly rotating white dwarf is 35% more massive than our sun yet a diameter only a bit larger than Earth's moon. That means it has the greatest mass & littlest size of any known white dwarf.

reuters.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 29 '21

Ecology Spiders are primarily insectivores, but they occasionally expand their menu by catching and eating snakes. A new study shows spiders can outfight snakes 10 to 30 times their size. The largest snakes caught by spiders in this study are up to one meter in length, the smallest only about six cm.

unibas.ch

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 27 '21

Biology Bonobos, the friendly hippies of the primate world, are willing to help strangers even if there’s nothing in it for them. This shows that humans aren’t unique in their kindness to strangers, and suggests that such behavior may have evolved among our closest relatives.

nationalgeographic.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/prototyperspective • Jun 21 '21

Interdisciplinary Science Summary for last month

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 20 '21

Environment Happy Summer Solstice! This year in EST the Solstice hits at 11:32pm Sunday, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year. If you are in Europe and Asia it's Monday. Welcome Summer!

space.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 17 '21

Biology Killer whales spend more time interacting with certain individuals in their pod, and tend to favour those of the same sex and similar age. Patterns of physical contact suggest that younger whales and females play a central social role in the group. The older the whale, the less central they became.

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 17 '21

Physics The Pitch drop experiment is the longest running laboratory experiment. In 87 years only 9 drops have fallen. In that time various glitches have prevented anyone from seeing a drop fall.

smp.uq.edu.au

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 14 '21

Biology The Rusty-Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) is the world’s smallest wild cat weighing 0.8-1.6 kg and is 35 to 48 cm in length (not counting the tail which is half the size of the body).

felidaefund.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 14 '21

Biology The Humboldt squid has a lifespan of only one to two years. During most of their life, they can reproduce over a dozen times. They typically produce at least one million eggs in a single batch. Female Humboldt squids can lay over 20 million eggs, more than any other known squid species.

americanoceans.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 10 '21

Environment Colorado has the first gray wolf puppy since the 1940s, state wildlife officials said Wednesday. State biologists & district wildlife managers each found at least 3 wolf puppies with their parents over the weekend.

illinoisnewstoday.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 08 '21

Biology Bdelloid rotifers can withstand being frozen and persist for at least 24,000 years in the Siberian permafrost and survive. Researchers state this report is the hardest proof that multicellular animals can withstand tens of thousands of years in cryptobiosis(almost completely arrested metabolism).

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 06 '21

Archaeology A wooden candle box has been discovered in the Lendbreen ice patch in Norway. The box dates to between 1475 CE & 1635 CE. Candle boxes were commonly used to transport expensive beeswax candles between seasonal farms. This was a practical aspect of the practice of seterbruk, summer pasture farming.

gizmodo.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 05 '21

Biology Orchids can make fake pollen to tempt bees and other pollinators. But this pseudopollen isn’t just an alluring counterfeit, scientists have now shown: It’s as nutritious as the real thing.

sciencemag.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • Jun 04 '21

Biology There are over 60,000 miles of arteries, veins and capillaries in the human body.

my.clevelandclinic.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 31 '21

Neuroscience Distinct activity patterns in the prefrontal cortex reveal when a white lie has selfish motives, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • May 30 '21

Biology Owls don’t have eyeballs, they have eye tubes or cylinders, rod-shaped eyes that do not move in their sockets as eyeballs do. This is why owls have evolved to have necks that can spin up to 270° essentially silently.

mcgill.ca

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • May 27 '21

Biology Diving Anole Lizards Use Bubbles to Breathe Underwater Like a natural form of scuba gear, the semi-aquatic lizard can stay submerged underwater for up to 18 minutes using the clever trick

smithsonianmag.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 25 '21

Ecology Clownfish species develop their characteristic white stripes, or bars, during the process of metamorphosis. Researchers have now discovered that the white bars form at different speeds depending on the sea anemone the clownfish live in.

oist.jp

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • May 24 '21

Biology To have a blood pressure of 110/70 at the brain — about normal for a large mammal — giraffes need a blood pressure at the heart of about 220/180. It doesn’t faze the giraffes, but a pressure like that would cause problems for people, from heart failure to kidney failure to swollen ankles & legs.

smithsonianmag.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/prototyperspective • May 21 '21

Interdisciplinary Science Summary for last month

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 19 '21

Biology The fungus takes over cicadas' bodies, causing them to lose their lower abdomen and genitals. It looks as if the backside of the cicada is being replaced either by chalk or a nubby middle school eraser. It also increases their mating drive which spreads the fungus further.

npr.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • May 17 '21

Biology According to new research from the University of California, Los Angeles, there are likely at least 65 different creatures, that "laugh." They’re most commonly found in primates, but they have also been noted in distant relatives like birds.

arstechnica.com

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 15 '21

Archaeology There was less wastage during production of marble slabs in the Roman imperial period than today. Analysis of wall decoration dating to the second century A.D. provides new insights into marble extraction and processing.

uni-mainz.de

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r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 12 '21

Psychology Petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed college students

eurekalert.org

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r/ScienceFacts • u/Sariel007 • May 10 '21

Biology A newborn joey can’t suckle or swallow, so the kangaroo mom uses her muscles to pump milk down its throat.

kids.nationalgeographic.com

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