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- Link between obesity and sleep loss
- Engineers' 'nanocardboard' flyers could serve as Martian atmospheric probes
- Welcome to the House of Slytherin: Salazar's pit viper, a new green pit viper from India
| Link between obesity and sleep loss Posted: 22 Apr 2020 06:12 AM PDT Can staying up late make you fat? Researchers found the opposite to be true when they studied sleep in worms: It's not the sleep loss that leads to obesity, but rather that excess weight can cause poor sleep. |
| Engineers' 'nanocardboard' flyers could serve as Martian atmospheric probes Posted: 21 Apr 2020 12:02 PM PDT Engineers are suggesting a new way to explore the sky: tiny aircraft that weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts. These flyers are plates of 'nanocardboard,' which levitate when bright light is shone on them. As one side heats up, the temperature differential gets air circulating through its hollow structure and shooting out of the corrugated channels that give it its name, thrusting it off the ground. |
| Welcome to the House of Slytherin: Salazar's pit viper, a new green pit viper from India Posted: 21 Apr 2020 06:42 AM PDT During an expedition to Arunachal Pradesh in India, part of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, a new species of green pit viper Trimeresurus salazar with unique stripes and colouration patterns was discovered near Pakke Tiger Reserve. Scientists named the snake after J.K. Rowling's fictional character, the Parselmouth wizard and the founder of one of the houses in the magical school Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin. |
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