A new paper published in the journal Current Biology has documented an interesting behavior of ants. These small creatures sometimes treat the wounded limbs of other ants from their anthill. The specific ants investigated by the researchers were Florida carpenter ants. Ants have an adaptation known as the metapleural gland that produces antibiotic fluid. The …
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Researchers Create Self-Digesting Plastic
Single-use plastics infest many areas of our lives, and many plastics either aren’t recycled or are not made to be recyclable. The world produces 350 million tonnes of plastic each year, compared to just 2 million tonnes in 1950. From 1950-2015, only 6% of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced was recycled. Much of …
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CalTech’s Bionic Jellyfish
Jellyfish lack hearts, and have two nervous systems instead of a centralized brain (although they still have a rudimentary memory despite the lack of a central brain). Many species have no eyes, and must digest their food very quickly so that they can maintain their flotation. Certain types of jellyfish are bioluminescent, and others are …
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