Polymers that crawl like worms: How materials can develop direction without being told where to go

Researchers at the University of Vienna have uncovered a surprising phenomenon: polymer chains with segments that simply ...
Pocket Tactics

All Pokopia habitats and how to make them

Discover all the different Pokémon Pokopia habitats we've found so far, including how to make them, what items and furnishings you need, what Pokémon live there, and more.
Science Daily

Textbooks challenged by new discovery about how cells divide

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...
WPEC CBS 12

Florida man calls 911 and says, 'There's a big-a** python at my door'

A quiet Sunday in Riviera Beach’s Woodbine neighborhood took an unexpected turn when a resident found a large snake stretched across the front door.
Discover Wildlife

‘Inflatable’ feet, walking on water and making a living raft: 10 unusual (and downright bizarre) ways animal move around

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...
Billings Gazette

Indonesian zoo displays 49-foot python, possibly world's largest snake

Associated PressA reticulated python is taken care by his keeper Maryoto at Curugsewu recreational Park, in Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003. The 49.21 feet long, 985 pound ...