Too busy to keep track of all the science news during the week? Don’t fear Synapse is here. Check out this week's news.
The Fatter the Better: what it takes to be a polar bear - As sea ice is lost from their habitat polar bears are having to rely on their fats reserves because they can no longer hunt seals, based on 10 years of data from an article recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
Our next icy target - After the rovers success on mars the next target is being eyed up: Jupiter's icy moon Europa. It is thought there could be an underground ocean with the potential for life. However landing could be lethal with Jagged blades of ice potentially covering the equatorial area of Europa. Read more here.
One Giant Happy Squid Family - These huge cephalopods that live in the deep ocean were thought to be from 8 different species, but results from DNA sequencing form 43 samples indicates they are all one species. Find out more.
What does your phone activity say about you? - Mine probably very little - but apparently it is the new way to catch gangs in Italy. New technology called LogAnalysis makes it easy to visual the activity, and helped show how there was a flurry of activity amongst gang members before a crime but crucially none during. More information.
New publication from UoB includes how plants tell
chloroplasts the time of day. Click here.
Crocodile Dundee would not be best pleased an alligator
received a prosthetic tail this week. Find out more.
