From Science Magazine. Goffin’s cockatoos take a tool set to work on a puzzle box, a rare example of pre-planning in the animal kingdom. Read more: https://scim.ag/4qKwa37 FOOTAGE CREDIT: ANTONIO OSUNA-MASCARÓ #Cockatoos #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. Much as a train switchyard can steer rail cars to different locations, researchers have engineered protein motors to carry tiny bits of cargo to different locations. In the body, protein motors ferry nutrients and other materials along tiny tube-shaped rails that crisscross cells. Nanotechnologists have made their own versions for years using…

From Science Magazine. Elephants love showering to cool off, and most do so by sucking water into their trunks and spitting it over their bodies. But an elderly pachyderm named Mary has perfected the technique by using a hose as a showerhead, much in the way humans do. The behavior is a remarkable example of…

From Science Magazine. The origin of adzuki beans has always been a bit of a mystery, but researchers from Taiwan and Japan analyzed almost 700 samples from across Asia and found that the beans were first domesticated in central Japan, somewhere between 3000 and 5000 years ago. RECIPE FOR ANKO BEAN PASTE 200g adzuki beans…

From Science Magazine. Some of today’s most advanced robots can leap over obstacles, crawl through tight spaces, and swim gracefully—as long as they’re traveling in straight lines. Making turns, however, often poses a challenge to so-called biohybrid machines, which combine living tissue with robotic materials. Now, scientists have created a bipedal biohybrid bot that can…

From Science Magazine. Bats are divisive creatures; creepy cave dwellers to some and fascinating night fliers to others. But which camp will claim the latest batty news? Both impressively and perhaps disturbingly, new Science research shows Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, captures and eats birds midair. Read more: https://scim.ag/490zD7r CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) ELENA TENA, VÍCTOR…

From Science Magazine. Talk about an in-flight meal. Poised on a humanmade landing platform at the entrance of a cave in northern Germany, an invasive brown rat lunges at a bat and yanks it out of the air, after which it quickly becomes dinner. The discovery—documented in infrared and reported this month in Global Ecology…

From Science Magazine. Could bacteria save wine tainted by smoke? A new study finds this microbe could fix your malbec. Read more: https://scim.ag/49oQHUx CREDITS: (IMAGES) NOAH BERGER/AP; CLAUDIA CASTRO; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) K. MCLEAN/SCIENCE #Microbes #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. Babies don’t babble to sound cute—they’re taking their first steps on the path to learning language. In 2022, a study showed parrot chicks do the same. Although the behavior has been seen in songbirds and two mammalian species, finding it in these birds is important, experts say, as they may provide the…

From Science Magazine. Animals have evolved all sorts of tactics to ward off predators and avoid getting munched—but Asian bombardier beetles can hatch an escape plan even after they’ve been swallowed: Once inside a predator’s stomach, the beetles eject a hot chemical spray that induces vomiting. Read more: https://scim.ag/3JlJWbv FOOTAGE CREDIT: SHINJI SUGIURA #Beetles #Science…

From Science Magazine. Nearly 6300 meters below the surface of the Caribbean Sea, researchers have observed a curious site: tiny creatures that look a bit like a cross between a Halloween ghost and a flailing Muppet. Paddling in the deepest depths of the Atlantic Ocean, the poker chip–size invertebrates—isopods of the species Bathyopsurus nybelini—tug along…

From Science Magazine. The fate of the last female great auk has finally been solved. Read more: http://scim.ag/4oshW4V CREDITS: (RESEARCH AND IMAGES) CAVILL ET AL./ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 2025; THOMAS ET AL./GENES, 2017 (ILLUSTRATIONS) BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY/FLICKR; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) M. CANTWELL/SCIENCE #Science #ScienceShorts