Scientists Give Fungus a Cute Robot Body, It Proceeds to Flop Around

It’s happened plenty of times in science fiction novels and movies. Scientists put something in a robot body — whether an AI or some seemingly innocuous creature — and it promptly uses its newfound power to annihilate humanity. Well, now they’ve gone and done it for real. A U.S.-Italian research team has placed a fungus …

Scientists Plan to Stop Albatross-Eating Mice by Carpet Bombing Them to Oblivion

Imagine you’re facing a difficult problem. How would you go about solving it most efficiently? The mature and sophisticated way would be to carefully analyze its root causes and address them with intricately planned measures. Or you could just bomb it until everything in a 100-mile radius around the problem is a lifeless wasteland. Look, …

Do You Know These Aggressively Angry Facts About Dolphins?

Do you know any angry facts about dolphins? Turns out these pretty animals that people sometimes swim and play with are, well, mean and ugly! The Effect Of Air Pollution Dolphins use sound for communication and echolocation. Loud noises from ships, underwater construction, and naval exercises interfere with the acoustic signals that dolphins use. For …