Things We Don’t Know
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Snake acrobatics
23rd September, 2021
Invasive brown tree snakes make a lasso with their tails to help them climb up wide trees, and inspire engineers.
Talking of naked mole rats...
8th September, 2021
Naked mole rats have been extensively studied because of their amazing longevity, but scientists have only just started to study their communication.
Whale geologists
26th August, 2021
The voice of the fin whale penetrates the earth’s crust beneath the sea floor – a whale born ultrasound.
Lightning
21st August, 2021
We don’t know what causes lightning, how much of it there is, nor how to predict it. As global temperatures increase, so does lightning; as lightning increases, so do global temperatures. Its impact on atmospheric chemistry is still being explored.
Sailing stones – a SOLVED scientific mystery
11th August, 2021
Dolomite and syenite rocks around 8-17 kg skid on the dry lakebed of Death Valley, and scientists have solved how.
The methane mystery
5th August, 2021
Mars Curiosity and Rover measurements of methane are different but could both be correct!
