Mirjam Guesgen

2 months ago | thelogic.co | Mirjam Guesgen

After a corporate buyout of a British Columbia vet clinic, a veterinary assistant says there was a “total turnaround” in the work environment, with higher-ups tracking employees with cameras and pressure to rush patients through.

Sep 23, 2024 | vice.com | Mirjam Guesgen

Marine biologists have observed a crack squad of unlikely allies hunting together in the waters of the Red Sea. Big blue octopuses have been seen teaming up with goatfish and grouper to hunt down prey—a rare feat in the animal world. It’s one that’s even more surprising given that both the fish and the octopuses have another common prey: each other.

Sep 10, 2024 | vice.com | Mirjam Guesgen

The isopod b. nybelini swims on camera for the first time in the depths of the ocean (credit: L. Peoples (UMT), NDSF Alvin Group, NSF, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)In the deepest parts of the ocean there’s no sunlight, temperatures hover just above freezing, and the pressure is so intense it’s like having 100 adult elephants laying on top of your body. Yet, at these depths live some of the most extraordinary creatures ever discovered.

Sep 5, 2024 | vice.com | Mirjam Guesgen

Time can feel like it’s slipping away in a blink or stretching on for an eternity. Despite how imprecise time might feel, the clock on your phone or computer ticks to a very precise rhythm thanks to atomic clocks—ones that measure time by the gentle, steady pulse of atoms. But now researchers are stepping into a new era of timekeeping with nuclear clocks—clocks that run off the signal from the core of an atom rather than the signal from the electrons surrounding that core.

Aug 18, 2024 | vice.com | Mirjam Guesgen

Wetenschappers hebben nu 78 procent van de ruimte waarin de hypothetische Planet 9 zich zou kunnen bevinden uitgesloten. Daardoor zijn ze een stuk dichter bij het vinden van de mogelijke locatie van de planeet, die een paar van de rare fenomenen in ons zonnestelsel zou kunnen verklaren – als-ie überhaupt bestaat.