This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
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Extreme bloom of toxic algae swirls in Nevada’s ‘Pyramid Lake’ — Earth from space
A 2024 satellite photo shows an unusually active bloom of toxic cyanobacteria swirling in the water of Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. Research suggests that the algae
‘Extremely rare’ Paleolithic figurine found in Israel depicts a goose attempting to mate with a woman
A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.
Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues
The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China’s Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft.
Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens
For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. (Image credit: Joachim
China’s astronauts land safely after space debris collision
Three Chinese astronauts are back on earth after they had to prolong their stay in outer space due to space debris hitting their spacecraft.
‘Sophisticated’ Bronze Age city unearthed in Kazakhstan ‘transforms our understanding of steppe societies’
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the “City of Seven Ravines,” a vast Bronze Age “proto-city” with metalworking, dwellings and a large building.
‘Perfectly preserved’ Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn’t evolve to warm air
An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins’ enormous noses did not evolve to withstand
Never-before-seen NASA images of comet 3I/ATLAS are coming on Wednesday (Nov. 19)
NASA will finally share long-awaited images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS taken during the comet’s close flyby of Mars. A live stream has been set for
A clay figurine unveils a storytelling shift from 12,000 years ago
A carefully crafted figure of a goose and a woman suggests that art reflecting spiritual beliefs entered a new phase among early villagers in the
A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning?
Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.
Mars orbiter narrows down the exact path of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by ‘ten-fold,’ surprising scientists
Scientists from the European Space Agency have significantly narrowed down the trajectory of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS thanks to data from the alien comet’s recent
High-fiber diet may ‘rejuvenate’ immune cells that fight cancer, study finds
A laboratory study reveals an interaction between dietary fiber and the gut microbiome that may be helpful for fighting cancer.
‘Nothing but a nightmare’: Worker ants are tricked into murdering their mom by an imposter queen — who quickly takes the throne for herself
A sneaky spray of chemicals makes ant workers turn on their own mother — the queen — so a parasitic invader can take over the