Ingrid Schou
Robots with poison guns target weeds and offer an alternative to some herbicides
The plants we eat have bitter enemies on all sides. Can robots with poison guns help them? “Aggressive weeds, insects, ...
‘Over a million seeds are safely locked away here’: Remote Norwegian island keeps Earth’s plant diversity safe in case of disaster
“Over a million seeds are safely locked away here,” Ola Westengen says. He is a researcher and former head of ...
White and brown bears: Are hybrid ‘pizzly bears’ better suited for our rapidly warming world?
Could beige-coloured hybrid bears bread from polar bears and brown bears potentially evolve into a superior type of bear? ...
Can you smell when it’s about to rain?
“We can smell different things both before, during, and after it rains,” researcher Anja Røyne says ...
Video: ‘Our brains love pictures’ — Lebanese teenage savant recites all 206 bones of the body in random order
Our brain is a super machine capable of learning the most incredible things. And with practice and repetition, you can ...
This sheep has horns like a male — but a female reproductive system. Some animals are naturally intersex
In rare cases, humans can also be born with both male and female reproductive organs, and the same goes for ...
What happens to bad smells — do they disappear or does the world get smellier every day?
Does smell disappear? Or does our planet become more and more smelly every day? ...
Many animals can walk at birth. Why are human babies born with so few skills?
Baby animals can walk, stand and nurse even shortly after birth. This is absolutely impossible for human babies ...
‘Animals are very smart, but not in the same way as us’: Explaining differences between human and animal intelligence
Why aren't animals as smart as humans? ASK A RESEARCHER: "Fire may have made human brains larger," researcher says ...
