Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine
The odd feeding behaviour may even help keep the young insects together in a primitive form of social living
Dingo cannibalism makes for a dog-eat-dog world in Australia
Australia’s wild dogs have been caught on camera for the first time savaging dead dingoes, a rare case of cannibalism unprovoked by hunger
You Say Rotifer, I Say Tiny Critter With a Buzzsaw for a Face
Thousands of fMRI brain studies in doubt due to software flaws
Historic software flaws could render thousands of fMRI studies inaccurate, but researchers failing to use the right statistical methods is a big problem too
Lab-Grown Meat Is Coming to Win Over All You Haters
Meet the philosopher ducklings that indulge in abstract thought
Unexpectedly, ducklings recognise and remember relationships between “same” or “different” objects and colours, showing they can grasp abstract concepts
Science Has a Huge Diversity Problem … in Lab Mice
The musical harmonies you like depend on where you’re from
To Western ears, dissonant chords are harsh and jarring, but members of a native Amazonian society don’t judge them any worse than chords we find pleasing
35 Mice Watched the Cult Film Touch of Evil for Science
Darwin Would Have Been a Pokémon Go Master
