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1,233 results for: Ray Fish

  1. Space

    Good-bye Shuttle

    Looking back at the space plane’s scientific legacy

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  2. Animals

    Diversified portfolio yields benefit for salmon stocks

    Local diversity keeps sockeye from going bust every few years, a study finds.

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  3. Tech

    Physics of burrowing sandfish revealed

    A new study shows how sandfish lizards swim through Saharan sands, a find that could inspire better burrowing tools for use in the aftermath of disasters.

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  4. Life

    Ingredients of hagfish slime revealed

    Figuring out the ingredients still doesn’t explain how the fishes avoid premature mucus explosions

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  5. Life

    Evolutionary genetic relationships coming into focus

    Researchers have filled in about 40 percent of the tree of life for mammals and birds, but other vertebrates lag behind.

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  6. Earth

    Monster stingrays: Field notes from a global wrangler

    A megafish biologist shares what he's learning about a rare freshwater species.

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  7. Making Nuanced Memories

    New nerve cells help the brain tell similar experiences apart.

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  8. Life

    Hormones give lantern sharks the glow

    In a first, a study shows that bioluminescence can be controlled by slow-acting hormones, not rapid-fire nerve cells.

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  9. Materials Science

    Cornering the Terahertz Gap

    Controlling light’s path could enable invisibility or harness an intriguing but so far elusive stretch of the spectrum.

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  10. Materials Science

    Fishy flash

    Fish alter the growth of crystals in their skin, making it supershiny.

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  11. Physics

    Invisibility within sight

    Two new studies take steps toward practical materials that can bend light backward, which could lead to invisibility cloaks.

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  12. Animals

    Clownfish noisemaker is new to science

    Clownfish make "pop-pop-pop" noises at each other by clacking their teeth together in a novel way.

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