London underground mutant mosquito has surprisingly old origin

London underground mutant mosquito has surprisingly old origin

Culex pipiens f. Molestus is a form of mosquito found in cities all over the world Blickwinkel / Alamy Stock Photo A form of mosquito associated with London underground developedTh Century. Culex pipiens f. Molestus Available in cities all over the world, but it became widely known as London Underground Mosquito after World War II, … Read more

Humpbacks songs have patterns that make human language

Humpbacks songs have patterns that make human language

Humpback whales in the southern Pacific Tony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpbacks songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are not similar to the public, similar to those seen in human language. While this does not mean that the songs that convey complex meanings that our sentences do, it suggests that Yeles can teach their … Read more

Is cleaner air with accelerating global warming more than we expected?

Is cleaner air with accelerating global warming more than we expected?

Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climate Cheunghyo/Getty Images James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for warning the US Congress of global warming in the 1980s, has doubled his warnings that we are underestimating the climate impact of decline air pollution. “Humanity entered into a bad deal, a Faustian trade, when … Read more

The best new sci-fi this month with a tj clun-thriller and new Adrian Tchaikovsky

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A dark moon is the rent for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new sci-fi novel Hylster Laperruque / Alamy Humanoid mosquitoes, foreign contact on deadly moons, implants that let you know that your partner is thinking … Science Fiction novels offered in February feel interesting and I look forward to transporting myself to others Worlds in this cold, … Read more