Nature: Octopuses may have short dreams ‘like small videoclips, or even gifs’ 

Octopuses have two sleep states just like humans — a ‘quiet’ one where their skin stays pale and short periods of ‘active’ sleep in which they twitch and change colour. Experts from Brazil who recorded video clips of the eight-legging animals dozing said that octopuses may have short dreams ‘like small videoclips, or even gifs.’ … Read more

Scientists create stunning gifs of Mars’ sand dunes to understand what conditions impact them 

Mars in Motion! Scientists create stunning gifs of the Red Planet’s sand dunes to understand what conditions impact them Scientists used data from  NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to create gifs of sand dunes on Mars The team is hoping to understand what conditions impact them and how dunes in different areas move  They found the highest sand … Read more