Snakes are notorious for being able to hear even though they lack an external ear. Scientists have been puzzled at how that is possible for quite some time, and recently they were able to figure out that the reptiles' heads vibrate.
The inner ear picks up these vibrations, and turns them into sound sensations.... |
22 December 2011
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Following the attack that saw US Representative Gabrielle Giffords being shot in the head by an assailant on Saturday, January 8, the issue of brain injuries has again been brought into the spotlight, with experts trying to determine what's needed for a person to survive following such an event.The US official i... |
10 January 2011
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Talk about skeletons in the closet! For centuries, experts believed that the ancestors of Native Americans were the first to colonize the New Continent. Their theory was backed up by ample genetic evidence, and yet new findings come to throw some doubts on that established knowledge. While studies on DNA reveal that ... |
15 June 2010
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According to a recent scientific investigation, it would appear that the skulls of dinosaurs in some species underwent massive transformation from when they were small offspring until they became adults. Proportionally speaking, like in most other animals, dinosaur babies had larger eyes and smaller faces than their ... |
2 April 2010
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The sauropods were the largest animals to have ever inhabited the planet. No beasts before or since managed to equal them in size and might. They fed on herbs and leaves, and researchers believe that they evolved their massive bodies in order to be able to reach the tallest canopies. This also enabled these dinosaurs... |
24 February 2010
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Helmets are touted by everyone from children riding their bicycles to professional drivers as a means of averting injuries to the head. While, at times, they fulfill this purpose, existing helmets do little to protect the neck from injuries. This throws a constant shadow on the protection devices, as neck injuries of... |
6 January 2010
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Paleontologists have recently identified a new species of dinosaur that they believe is the oldest known ancestor of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the most fearsome predators to have ever lived. The 170-million-years-old beast was only 10 feet (about 3 meters) in length, and featured a tiny horn on its snout. ... |
4 November 2009
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Scientists in the United States have recently reported that the analysis of a bone fragment from a skull that is believed to have belonged to former Nazi Party ruler Adolf Hitler revealed that the remains actually belonged to a yet-unidentified woman. This is the same bone section that historians used to argue in the... |
30 September 2009
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The Chinese version of World of Warcraft has been offline for more than one month. The downtime has been a direct result of the change of operators from The9 to NetEase. Blizzard is set to get more licensing money from the new deal but it might also lose a lot from a possible reduction of the number of players of the... |
7 August 2009
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New finds in Africa seem to answer a few of the questions related to the evolution of the human race as we know it, and particularly about the way our skulls came to have the shape they have now, rather than look like that of early primates. Scientists at the George Washington University in the US have come across f... |
3 February 2009
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Recent studies done on trophy heads collected from funeral monuments of prominent Nazca leaders show that they did not belong to rival cultures, as it was first expected. The heads were not captured in battles, but came from the same tribes as the people they were buried with. Why this civilization collected heads is... |
6 January 2009
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Ninja Gaiden is one of the most successful games on the Xbox 360 and the sequel will probably outsell the latest titles. Ninja Gaiden 2 will feature a new and improved engine, redeveloped from the ground up exclusively for the Xbox 360 by Team Ninja, with the help of Tomonobu Itagaki, the creator of the Dead or Alive... |
28 July 2008
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