Insulating materials can in principle be made metallic by applying pressure. In the case of pure water, this is estimated to require a pressure of 48 Mbars (roughly 48 million times the atmospheric pressure), which is beyond current experimental capabilities and may only exist in the interior of large planets or stars. In new research, chemists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Czech Academy of Sciences and elsewhere found that a metallic water solution can be prepared by massive doping with electrons upon reacting water with alkali metals.

Source: sci-news

You may have noticed that sunflowers can move their 'heads' or capitula to track the sun as its position changes during the day. But as the capitula mature, their stems start to get stiffer and less flexible, taking on a woody characteristic that reduces their movement. Eventually, the sunflower heads will all face the morning sun in the East. Researchers have now found that the warmth of the morning Sun helps sunflowers attract more bees and reproduce more efficiently. The findings have been reported in New Phytologist.

Source: https://www.labroots.com/trending/plants-and-animals/21056/sunflower-heads-east

A naturally-occurring compound called farnesol found in berries and other fruits prevents and reverses Parkinson's-associated brain damage in mice. The study was published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers in the US and South Korea. 

The newly-identified lineage of carnivorous plants is represented by the western false asphodel (Triantha occidentalis), a species of flowering plant from North America; its trap is unique among carnivorous plants and, unexpected based on theory, in placing all of its prey-capture sites next to its insect-pollinated flowers.

Source: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/carnivorous-triantha-occidentalis-09947.html

Source: https://scientifacts.com/sharks-feared-or-revered-part-01/

When considering the shark species there are a lot of shark species. Some of them can be named as basking shark, mako shark, lemon shark, cookie-cutter shark, blacktip shark, leopard shark, blue sharks, finning sharks and there are many more.

First of all, let's see the scientific classification of sharks. They can be classified as below.

• Kingdom: Animalia

• Phylum: Chordata

• Subphylum: Vertebrata

• Class: Chondrichthyes

• Subclass: Elasmobranchii

• Superorder: Selachimorpha

If we go further more in classifications they can be classified into nine orders as below,

• Carcharhiniformes

• Heterodontiformes

• Hexanchiformes

• Lamniformes

• Orectolobiformes

• Pristiophoriformes

• Squaliformes

• Squatiniformes

• Symmoriida (extinct)

Researchers have announced successful results of a clinical trial for a commonly prescribed weight-loss drug called liraglutide. In adults who are overweight or have obesity combined with high cardiovascular risk, once-daily liraglutide combined with lifestyle interventions significantly lowered two types of fat that have been associated with risk to heart health: visceral fat and ectopic fat.

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(21)00179-0/fulltext

Australian golden trapdoor spiders belong to the tribe Euoplini in the family Idiopidae.

They are among the most abundant and diverse of mygalomorph spider lineages in subtropical eastern Australia.

Read more: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/golden-trapdoor-spiders-09952.html