mi shares a report from ScienceAlert: The marshmallow test, or Stanford marshmallow experiment, is pretty straightforward. A child is placed in a room with a marshmallow. They are told, if they can manage not to eat the marshmallow for 15 minutes, they’ll get a second marshmallow, and be allowed to eat both. This ability to delay gratification demonstrates cognitive abilities such…
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Mantis shrimp punch down, pick on smaller rivals to steal their homes
When mantis shrimp find a burrow that’s just right, they’ll fight brutal battles to steal it. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mantis-shrimp-property-wars.html
New species of tiny ‘fairy shrimp’ found in the world’s hottest desert
Tiny shrimp have been found living in Iran’s Lut Desert, which has reached temperatures above 80°C. These shrimp have eggs that lay dormant for years when water is scarce Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255508-new-species-of-tiny-fairy-shrimp-found-in-the-worlds-hottest-desert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Oldest animal sperm found in 100-million-year-old female seed shrimp
Scientists have discovered the oldest animal sperm inside the reproductive tract of a 100-million-year-old female seed shrimp – and it’s nearly as long as the animal that produced it Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254557-oldest-animal-sperm-found-in-100-million-year-old-female-seed-shrimp/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Gulf of Mexico dead zone: Summer 2020 forecast
NOAA scientists forecast that this summer’s dead zone would measure roughly 6,700 square miles – bigger than the long-term average recorded since 1985, but lower than 2017’s record-high extent. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/gulf-mexico-dead-zone-summer-2020-forecast…
Ancient Cambrian shrimp with dozens of dagger legs looked unlike anything alive today
It had a boomerang-like head shield and dozens of legs studded with daggers. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cambrian-scavenger-with-daggers.html
Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic
A shrimp-like creature found 6 kilometres down in the Pacific Ocean’s deepest trench has been named Eurythenes plasticus after the microplastics found in its gut Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532750-200-newly-discovered-species-found-deep-in-the-ocean-contains-microplastic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Space lettuce: Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist long-distance space missions
Astronauts in space live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as fruits, nuts, chocolate, shrimp cocktails, peanut butter, chicken, and beef to name a few. These have often been sterilized by heating, freeze drying, or irradiation to make them last and key a challenge for the US Space Agency NASA has been to figure out how to grow safe, fresh food…
How Artificial Shrimps Could Change the World
Singaporean company Shiok Meats aims to grow artificial shrimp to combat the negative environmental effects associated with farmed shrimp. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from The Economist: For a long time, beef has been a target of environmentalists because of cattle farming’s contribution to global warming. But what about humble shrimp and prawns? They may seem, well, shrimpy when compared…
Scientists Give Cuttlefish 3D Glasses To Prove They Perceive Depth
New submitter wolff000 writes: A group of researchers at the University of Minnesota have shown that cuttlefish see in 3D. They did this by making 3D glasses and then showing the cuttlefish movies of prey. “While cuttlefish wearing glasses is an unexpected sight, a University of Minnesota-led research team built an underwater theater and equipped the cephalopods with specialized 3D glasses…