How Can Orbital Hoods Protect Shrimps From Shock Waves?

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Pings shrimp can generate shock waves that travel through water at super sonic speeds. Researchers have now shown that the crustaceans protect their brains with special helmets, the first known biological armor against shock waves. Some wave lengths can degrade wine smell, creating odors described as wet dog or boiled cabbage. And storing white wine in clear glass bottles can damage its quality.

00:46 A long-term record of climate in the tropics

To understand the history of the Earth’s climate, researchers often rely on things like ice cores, which contain layered frozen insights of thousands of years of history. However, in the tropics long-term records like these have been absent. Now researchers have uncovered a sediment core in Peru which reveals around 700,000 years of climatic history.

Research Article: Rodbell et al.

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09:40 Research Highlights

The biological ‘helmets’ that protect shrimp from themselves, and why the colour of wine bottles matters.

Research Highlight: ‘Helmets’ shield shrimp from their own supersonic shock waves

Research Highlight: Why white wine in plain-glass bottles loses its bouquet

12:38 The James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first images

After more than two decades of development, the James Webb Space Telescope has broadcast its first images in spectacular detail. We discuss how we got here, what’s next and what these images mean for science.

News: Stunning new Webb images: baby stars, colliding galaxies and hot exoplanets