Environment

A Slap for the Environment

A slap for the environmentalist or scientist who fantasize on environment friendly fuel and propulsion? No!. The slap we mention is, a smallish, barrel-shaped organism that resembles a kind of streamlined jellyfish, gets everything it needs from the ocean waters to feed and propel itself. And, scientists believe its waste material may actually help remove [...]



Scientists tap Antarctic octopus venom, discover four new species

Paul the “psychic” octopus has new cousins. While hunting for cephalopods among octopuses, scientists stumbled upon 4 new species of Octopus. Venom from species that live in sub-zero temperatures like octopus, squid and cuttlefish have a store house for cephalopods. A team of researchers from Australian, Dutch and German universities also found a range of [...]