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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
7:02am, 2nd May, 2019

Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet

(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered that two major forces have shaped bat skulls over their evolutionary history: echolocation and diet. Their findings, published May 2, 2019 in Nature Communications,...
Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks
6:32am, 2nd May, 2019

Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks

Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com