Lasers could send messages right to a listener’s ear
The new technique is the first of its kind that’s safe to use around humans
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Most bats don’t echolocate in broad daylight. Here’s an exception
Apr 2022
These Egyptian fruit bats navigate by sound in bright light, despite their excellent vision
Most bats don’t echolocate in broad daylight. Here’s an exception
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Newly recognized tricks help elephants suck up huge amounts of water
Jun 2021
Water moves through a pachyderm’s trunk at the rate of flow of 24 shower heads
Newly recognized tricks help elephants suck up huge amounts of water
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People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest
Mar 2019
A new study hints that humans have magnetoreception abilities, similar to some other animals
People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest
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Squirrels use parkour tricks when leaping from branch to branch
Aug 2021
Speedy rodents balance tree limb flexibility and distance when zipping through the forest
Squirrels use parkour tricks when leaping from branch to branch
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T. rex's incredible biting force came from its stiff lower jaw
May 2021
A small bone in the mandible helped brace an otherwise flexible joint
T. rex's incredible biting force came from its stiff lower jaw
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Vinegar eels can synchronize swim
Feb 2022
Confined to a water droplet, nematodes displayed an ability rare in the animal kingdom
Vinegar eels can synchronize swim
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Turn your smartphone into a microscope
Jan 2018
Researchers from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics have developed a smartphone microscope that uses the camera’s internal flash as the light source. Their development, described in Scientific Reports (February 2018), is not the first smartphone microscope. It is, however, the first smartphone microscope that does not require an externally powered light source. Consisting of only two parts—a 3D-printed clip and a lens—it is simple and inexpensive to produce. See also: Cellphone cameras; Lens (optics); Materials science and engineering; Microscope; Optical microscope
Turn your smartphone into a microscope