WorldPingLots of animals use mimicry to survive.
Some copy the appearance of threatening predators, and others have evolved to resemble plants or rocks so they can blend into the background and avoid being attacked.
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'Fingerprints' inside the sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet
A fake spider at the tip of this snake's tail helps it lure birds: Scientists get their first look inside it
Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What's going on inside of it?
Scientists want to 3D print houses on Mars with the help of yeast
Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving
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WorldPingThe spider-tailed horned viper uses its unique appendage to bait birds with a fake spidery meal.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
WorldPingAbout 66 million years ago, a dinosaur—maybe a T. rex or a Nanotyrannus—ate a bird. The record of that meal, in the form of fossilized poop, has survived to today, preserving the best example of a feather ever found from the age of dinosaurs.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
WorldPingA catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after overfeeding on companion stars indicates that dark energy is changing over time.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Space.com
WorldPingMars is a terrible place to build a house. It's bitterly cold, blasted by radiation and a near vacuum. Not to mention that the building materials, even for a modest shelter, could spend months hurtling through space before construction begins.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
WorldPingWrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Space.com
WorldPingIt is thought the sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet early in its history. Now, a new study has gone a step further, suggesting that such an event may have left behind detectable clues inside the sun that could still be visible today.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
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