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‘Floral buzzing’ to collect pollen as exhausting for bees as flight take-off, study shows

20 May at 10:41 AM, via The Guardian

Vibrating flowers uses huge amounts of energy, forcing bees to choose which plants to visit and affecting which ones are pollinated

Bees use as much energy collecting pollen through “floral buzzing” as they do taking off in flight, a study shows.

Scientists have found the vibrations bumblebees use to shake pollen loose from flowers are among the most exhausting behaviours they perform, forcing...

Bryson DeChambeau questions moon landing footage but believes in interdimensional beings ‘for sure’

20 May at 05:21 AM, via The Guardian

Golfer makes appearance on Katie Miller’s podcast

Two-time major champion questions Nasa narrative

As someone who has made much of his devotion to science, Bryson DeChambeau isn’t foolish enough to fall for any old conspiracy theory. But he does believe the moon landings may not have been all they seemed. And that interdimensional beings may be visiting Earth.

The two-time major champion...

Twenty-two years and 15,000km later: fluke discovery sets new record for humpback whale journey

20 May at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Whale first photographed off the coast of Brazil in 2003 spotted off north-east Australia in September 2025

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A humpback whale has made a 15,000km journey from Brazil to Australia, marking what researchers believe is the longest distance ever documented between sightings of an...

Tech Life

19 May at 22:00 PM, via BBC News

We talk to an expert about the risks from AI hackers.

Artificial eggshell comes first in attempt to revive giant flightless moa

19 May at 19:05 PM, via The Guardian

De-extinction firm Colossal Biosciences hopes incubation system can be scaled up but other scientists are sceptical

The flightless moa, an extinct bird of New Zealand, stood more than 3 metres tall, weighed over 200kg and had eggs larger than those of any bird now living. Now the de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences says it is a step closer to resurrecting the moa after creating an...

Tesla’s Semi Truck could Jolt the Trucking Industry

19 May at 16:27 PM, via New York Times

California truckers have expressed strong interest in the Tesla Semi because it costs much less and can travel further on a charge than electric trucks sold by established manufacturers.

High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England

19 May at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage

Scientists have found high levels of toxic Pfas, or “forever chemicals”, in soil, water and throughout the marine food chain in the UK’s Solent strait, including at protected environmental sites, according to a new study.

In some samples, pollution was 13 times the...

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