NewsieMonday, November 2
ScienceIn a study with six orangutans, researchers played sounds before the animals searched bowls for treats. The apes valued the reward more after hearing other orangutans play and laugh, suggesting sounds may affect how they judge rewards.
ScienceScientists recreated the color-changing effect of the 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup. Tiny particles of gold and silver in the glass help explain why it looks green in ordinary light and red when light shines through it.
ScienceA NASA study looked again at how much Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica might add to rising seas by the end of this century. Some computer models estimate the glacier could add as much as twice the amount in earlier projections. That is one possible result, not a prediction of exactly what will happen.
ScienceSatellites show that warm water in the Pacific Ocean is sitting in a pattern like the one seen during the strong 1997 El Niño. NASA says the two events look similar so far, but each El Niño is different and scientists cannot know exactly what this one will bring.
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