Naked mole rats kidnap each other’s babies and turn them into slaves. Source: https://www.livescience.com/naked-mole-rats-kidnap-other-babies.html
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Plastic baby bottles shed millions of microplastics when shaken
The plastic bottles used to feed babies shed an average of 4 million microplastic particles per litre into infant formula, but the impact on child health is unclear Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2257599-plastic-baby-bottles-shed-millions-of-microplastics-when-shaken/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half Its Corals
The Great Barrier Reef, one of the earth’s most precious habitats, lost half of its coral populations in the last quarter-century, a decline that researchers in Australia said would continue unless drastic action is taken to mitigate the effects of climate change. From a report: Researchers studied coral colonies along the length of the reef between 1995 and 2017 and found…
Naked mole rats invade neighbouring colonies and kidnap their babies
The world’s most social mammals can be positively antisocial, as naked mole rats have been observed invading each other’s colonies and kidnapping newborn pups Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256695-naked-mole-rats-invade-neighbouring-colonies-and-kidnap-their-babies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Astronomers capture 1st direct image of young giant exoplanet
For the first time, astronomers have obtained an image of the very young gas giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris c, 63 light-years away. Its sibling, Beta Pictoris b, was discovered and photographed in 2008. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/direct-imaging-of-exoplanet-beta-pictoris-c…
A virus and bacteria may ‘team up’ to harm babies’ brains
For nearly 20 years, a small hospital in Uganda has been treating thousands of cases of hydrocephalus in children. Source: https://www.livescience.com/virus-bacteria-hydrocephalus-uganda.html
Babies are being fed mother’s poo in effort to boost gut bacteria
Researchers are testing whether adding a sample of a mother’s faeces to their baby’s first feed can restore gut microbes missing from children born by C-section, but they warn this should not be attempted at home Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255964-babies-are-being-fed-mothers-poo-in-effort-to-boost-gut-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The purpose of sleep appears to change when we are toddlers
Sleep in babies seems to mainly help develop new brain connections, but at the age of around two-and-a-half there is an abrupt shift to brain repair Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254804-the-purpose-of-sleep-appears-to-change-when-we-are-toddlers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
UK Mathematician Wins Richest Prize in Academia For His Work On Stochastic Analysis
Lanodonal writes: A mathematician who tamed a nightmarish family of equations that behave so badly they make no sense has won the most lucrative prize in academia. Martin Hairer, an Austrian-British researcher at Imperial College London, is the winner of the 2021 Breakthrough prize for mathematics, an annual $3m award that has come to rival the Nobels in terms of kudos…
Endangered croc gives piggyback ride to 100 babies after mating with ‘7 or 8 females’
One of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year honorees shows an endangered crocodile carrying 100 babies on his back Source: https://www.livescience.com/gharial-crocodile-papa-photo.html