Scientists recently captured video documenting the first reported instance of a fish preying on a newly-hatched baby bird, in a flooded nest in coastal Georgia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fish-eats-baby-bird.html
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Chrome OS 88 Turns Your Chromebook Into An Impromptu Smart Display
Google has started rolling out Chrome OS 88. The update includes a couple of enhancements, the most notable of which is a new screen saver you can use to get more functionality out of your computer’s lock screen. Engadget reports: By enabling the feature, your Chromebook will be able to display images from your Google Photos library, including those you’ve organized…
Google Launching a New Nest Hub In 2021 That Uses Soli For Sleep Tracking
Google is planning to release a new Nest Hub in 2021 that will feature sleeping tracking powered by the company’s Soli radar technology. 9to5Google reports: Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group first unveiled Soli in 2015, but it did not launch on a consumer device until 2019. The sensor lets you perform air gestures over the Pixel 4 to play/pause and…
Kilonovae: Ambushing the standard candle in its own nest
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous and explosive transient phenomena in the universe after the Big Bang. A powerful tool for characterizing and classifying GRBs to allow them to be used as tracers of the expansion history of the universe and to understand their mysterious and debated physical mechanisms has been recently presented by an international team of researchers led…
200 ‘murder hornet’ queens found inside first US nest of this invasive insect
There were nearly 200 new queens poised to start their own colonies in a ‘murder hornet’ nest destroyed by Washington state entomologists. Source: https://www.livescience.com/murder-hornet-nest-hundreds-of-queens.html
1st ‘murder hornet’ nest in US found and destroyed
The invasive wasp is a threat to honeybees. Source: https://www.livescience.com/first-us-murder-hornet-nest-destroyed.html
First ‘murder hornet’ nest found in the US
A nest of enormous invasive wasp-like insects has reportedly been discovered for the first time on US soil. More commonly known as the Asian giant hor… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340375/first-murder-hornet-nest-found-in-the-us…
First ‘Murder Hornet’ Nest In US Is Found In Washington State
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Remember the “murder hornets”? You know, the terrifyingly large Asian giant hornets that are threatening to wipe out the North American bee population? Entomologists with the Washington State Department of Agriculture have now located a nest of them — the first to be found in the U.S., the agency says. The nest was…
Some male fish use their tails to fan rivals’ sperm away from eggs
To boost their chances of fertilising a nest-load of eggs, male dusky frillgoby fish use their tailfin to fan away the sperm deposited by rivals Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2257736-some-male-fish-use-their-tails-to-fan-rivals-sperm-away-from-eggs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Google Confirms the Nest Secure Has Been Discontinued
Google’s Nest Secure alarm system, which was discussed on Slashdot for featuring an unlisted, disabled microphone, has been discontinued by Google, though it will continue functioning. Android Police reports: Google released the Nest Guard in 2017 as a simple security system with motion sensors and a keypad, but it never received an upgrade, even as other Nest devices were updated again…