FisheriesHow the shing catfish survives for months under dry mud
An air sac that lets it breathe air, aestivation in burrows, a thick mucus coat and storing waste as urea instead of ammonia carry the stinging catfish through drought.
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Sleeping with a light on linked to heart changes in UK Biobank study
A study in the European Heart Journal links even dim light at night to thicker heart walls and higher risks of heart failure and stroke, though it is observational and cannot prove cause.
HealthHow harmful is nail biting? What the research shows
Far more bacteria live under the nails than on the rest of the hand; studies found harmful Enterobacteriaceae more often in the mouths of nail-biters, and the habit damages nails, teeth and gums, Bigganchinta reports.
HealthA 15-minute blood test tells whether a baby's fever is bacterial or viral
Measuring two white-cell proteins, CD64 and CD169, a test sorted bacterial from viral fever in 85 infants within 15 to 20 minutes, researchers told the European Emergency Medicine Congress; it could cut needless antibiotics.
Flowers
Why some flowers have a scent and others only colour: two ways to win pollinators
Scent and colour are both ways for flowers to attract pollinators; scientists say every flower has a scent, but people cannot smell some of them.