That time, researchers from the University of Sheffield conducted a fascinating experiment to test how ants solve complex problems together
They placed hundreds of ants in a maze with barriers and obstacles, marked by a red structure, to study how they would find a path to food.
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1 week ago
Ken Allen, the orangutan from San Diego Zoo, escaped his enclosure 3 times in the 1980s.
His apparent goals were visiting other animals, throwing rocks at a despised orangutan rival, and taking photos with tourists. He never acted aggressively towards anyone during his escapes.
#Animal #Interesting
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1 week ago
Scientists have identified a black fungus growing on the radioactive remains of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that appears to have evolved the ability to feed on radiation.
The species, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, uses a rare process known as radiosynthesis #Interesting Read More...
4 days ago
This black hole flare was 10 trillion times brighter than our Sun and 10 billion light years away and we’re just now seeing it.
In 2018 a distant supermassive black hole designated J2245+3743 suddenly flared up , not just a bit, but by a factor of ~40, becoming 30× more luminous than any previously recorded black-hole flare. Scientists believe it shredded a star at least 30× the Sun’s mass, and the light we see now left that region ~10 billion years ago.
If you converted our Sun’s entire mass into energy (E = mc²), you’d be in the ballpark of what this flare output while we observed it.
Unimaginable scale. Real event. And we’re looking back in time. 🌌 #Space #Universe
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