Category: Robots
I am walking strangely. About a week ago, I pulled something to my left ankle, which now hurts during the part of each step just before the foot leaves the ground. As a result, my other muscles are compensating...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Cephalopods
Two strangers are having a normal conversation in the middle of a large crowd. No one else can see them. No one else can listen in. Thanks to advanced gadgetry, they are talking in coded messages that only they...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Animal intelligence
You are on a date and by all accounts, it's going well. Midway through dinner, you excuse yourself and head to the bathroom where, to your chagrin, the mirror reveals that you have a streak of sauce on the...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Technology
In medieval times, crusading Christian knights cut a swathe through the Middle East in an attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Muslims in turn cut through the invaders using a very special type of sword, which quickly...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 40 Comments •
Heh. Roffle....
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Posted by Ed Yong at 5:59 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Psychology
It's not for the joy ofwinning, or for fear of taking risks but fear of losing
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Posted by Ed Yong at 2:00 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Animal defences
One caterpillar creates a silken tent that acts as a sensory organ and has an escape hatch.
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Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Anthropology
Man-made fires suppress natural ones, increase plant diversity and make hunting and gathering easier; it's a win-win-win.
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Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Personal
Well this is exciting... A year ago, I was asked to contribute to a book that would detail 1000 awesome scientific thinkers, discoveries and events over the last century, to be called the Little Black Book of Science. And after...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 11:00 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Personal
Soooo... I have good news, bad news and good news. The good news (well for me anyway) is that as of Friday I will be away for month of blissful holiday. If you listen closely, you will probably hear the...
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Posted by Ed Yong at 8:00 AM • 5 Comments •