Contrary to popular opinion, the undersea world is not a silent abyss. In fact, it is rich with a variety of odd sounds produced by its denizens. Listen to some of these unique noises via a special feature at The New York Times.

My favorite is the black drum. Sounds like it's talking. picked by deEPCHill 5 months ago

In five to 10 years, supermarkets might have some new products in the meat counter: packs of vat-grown meat that are cheaper to produce than livestock and have less impact on the environment. picked by JDRucker 5 months ago

Some experts hope that the perfect condition in which the body of the mammoth was found could allow extricate intact DNA from his cells, and, as a result, clone the animal in future. picked by JDRucker 5 months ago

Mr Perry, 59, can eat whatever he likes - including unlimited pies, burgers and desserts - and never get fat.

He cannot put on weight because of a condition called lipodystrophy that makes his body rapidly burn fat. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

"Virtual palaeontology"..."fossil scientists at the cutting edge".
Good one from The Economist, yesterday. picked by rambler 5 months ago

The sculpted outcrops, so smooth and geometrically precise that they almost look designed by Martians, were spotted in the Hellespont region of the Red Planet. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

People searching the Internet for information about suicide are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a new study. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

If the calculations of a Yale economist are correct, there’s a sneaky logical fallacy in some of the most famous experiments in psychology. picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

Extract from the BBC series The Life of Mammals focusing on a certain type of mole rat not famed for wearing things.

Fun fact - the naked mole rat is Sir David Attenborough's absolute least favourite animal. He thinks they are very ugly indeed. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Because...you see this kind of stuff everyday. picked by moe 5 months ago

No pain. That's right, naked mole rats don't feel any pain. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Scientists are poking into the longevity of these long-lived rodents. picked by suebe 5 months ago

It's a webcam. With Naked Mole Rats.

Have fun. picked by davbob 5 months ago

Two females have been duking it out for the privilege of becoming queen. Their fights had became so pitched that zoo officials recently separated the two until they move into the exhibit. picked by suebe 5 months ago

some are cute, others are a disturbing, all of them are interesting. picked by gammerus 5 months ago

Environmentally friendly, but mean and stupid. picked by blurmore 5 months ago

Perhaps the aging process can’t be stopped. But it can be predicted, and new research from Tel Aviv University indicates that people may live longer and lead healthier lives as a result. picked by charbarred 5 months ago

Solobacterium moorei is the organism largely responsible for chronic bad breath, or halitosis, biologists reported Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research in Dallas. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Jealous murders, gender suberfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex: it seems the lives of octopuses are far more dramatic than anyone thought. Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found they are very different from the shy, unromantic loners their captive counterparts appear to be. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The universe's first "galactic cities" did not sprout up randomly across space. On the contrary, a new statistical analysis of observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope confirms that these ancient galactic metropolises may have developed much like sprawling cities joining together into a larger urban whole. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

One of the most exotic and elusive flies known to science has been rediscovered, four decades after it was first found buzzing around a Caribbean crab. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Carbon dioxide removed from smokestack emissions in order to slow global warming in the future could become a valuable raw material for the production of DVDs, beverage bottles and other products made from polycarbonate plastics, chemists are reporting. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without producing any pollutants. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

When Aaron Jones walks Gozer, his Rottweiler-hound mix, people cross the street to avoid them. Mothers scoop up their children. A lost motorist once rolled up the windows and drove off after spotting the dog. One woman screamed. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

An ambitious study of active and inactive galaxies has given new insights into the complex interaction between super-massive black holes at the heart of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and star formation in the surrounding galaxy. The study finds that gas ejected during the quasar stage of AGN snuffs out star formation, leaving the host galaxies to evolve passively. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago