What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish: Naturalists as far back as Aristotle have known that fish make sounds. But when Jacques Cousteau titled his 1956 documentary “The Silent World,” it seemed that he captured the public’s imagination about underwater life while leaving our ears deaf to fish barks, chatter, groans, drones and cries. “His diving tanks masked all the sounds in the water,” Dr. Rountree said. “In fact, the oceans are a noisy place.” [NYT]
At the Edge of Life’s Code: Using machine learning, Chris Wiggins hopes to develop models that can predict how all of an organism’s genes behave under any circumstance – and thereby explain precisely why some cells become sick or cancerous. [Scientific American]
Moth that can travel at 55mph: Moths that fly high above our heads throughout the night are not at the mercy of the wind but use a sophisticated internal compass which can help them travel up to 400 miles in a single flight, according to a study. [Telegraph]
The dolphins that woo their mates with weeds: Amazon river dolphins use lumps of waterweed or large rocks to impress their mates, much as humans might use flowers or chocolates. [Guardian]
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