Don't let the ferocious name of a new armored dinosaur found in Montana fool you: Zuul crurivastator (the new genus is a nod to the main Ghostbusters villain) is actually quite the softie. At least in terms of soft tissue. The wonderfully preserved specimen has loads of it, opening up a lot of possibilities for further research.
Zuul roamed North America about 75 million years ago and was about as badass as an herbivore can be. It was a large ankylosaurine, one of the armor-plated dinos ...read more
Buttons, who needs 'em?
A new proof-of-concept technology from Carnegie Mellon University turns everyday objects into touch interfaces with an array of electrodes. Walls, guitars, toys and steering wheels come alive with touch sensitivity in their video, and it seems that the possibilities are pretty much endless. What could be next? Grocery store aisles? Whole buildings? Other people? Cell phones?
The design is called Electrick, and it comes from Carnegie Mellon's Future Interfaces Gr ...read more
Hearing Hairs Restored: Tiny hairs in our inner ears, called cochlear hair cells, are vital to our natural perception of sound, and once we lose them, we don’t grow them back. But scientists published in Cell Reports that they’ve discovered a way to regenerate those cells in mouse, primate and human tissue samples. After exposing supporting cells — cells that can create new cochlear hairs — to a specialized drug mixture, the team saw significant new hair cell growth.
Baby ...read more
Rare Earthquakes Within Tectonic Plates Are Highly Deadly
New Jersey Coast: Before and After Sandy
Finally, a Home Where You Can Enjoy the Post-Apocalypse
The Colorado Deluge
CO2 ‘Time Bomb’ From Thawing Permafrost More Like Slow Leak
97. Seismologists Convicted for Failed Quake Prediction
Iceland Eruption, Largest for a Century, Shows No Signs of Stopping
Hurricanes with Female Names Are Deadlier Than Masculine Ones
Solving the Mystery ...read more
Scientists debate whether the faces humans make mean the same thing around the world.
Everyone smiles in the same language, right? For decades, psychologists have backed up the idea that facial expressions are universal. Paul Ekman’s research in the 1960s was a driving force behind this popular notion. He found cultures worldwide describe facial expressions the same way: For example, a scrunched-up nose signals disgust. Even in the isolated Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea, Ekman’ ...read more
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