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Soft Matter Mar 4, 2024

Beyond the ink: Painting with physics

Falling from the tip of a brush suspended in mid-air, an ink droplet touches a painted surface and blossoms into a masterpiece of ever-changing beauty. It weaves a tapestry of intricate, evolving patterns. Some of them resemble ...

Environment Aug 7, 2023

Climate change threatens shaligrams, sacred fossils worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists for more than 2,000 years

For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated shaligrams—ancient fossils of ammonites, a class of extinct sea creatures related to modern squids.

Environment Sep 3, 2021

Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India

Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common.

Evolution Mar 26, 2020

In cellular biology, mistakes can be good

Mistakes are rarely rewarded. Intuitively, one would imagine that a shoddy typist at an office who keeps generating typos would either quickly lose their job, or at least be overlooked for promotion. The idea that this person ...

Consumer & Gadgets Nov 9, 2017

Gadgets: Backup device offers peace of mind, sleek design

You might not think of an external hard drive as fun, sexy or cool, but the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini can be any or all of them. I can say first hand you'll find it useful at home, work, play, and even consider taking ...

Business Oct 4, 2017

EU's Vestager, Silicon Valley's nemesis

When Silicon Valley's critics need a leader, they turn to Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the EU's top anti-trust regulator.

Consumer & Gadgets Jun 8, 2017

The hottest products, iOS 11 features announced at Apple's big developer conference

A new operating system, the "most powerful" Apple machine ever created and a totally redesigned App Store?

Plants & Animals Apr 5, 2017

'Spiderman' worm-snails discovered on Florida shipwreck

What's brightly colored, lives on shipwrecks, filter-feeds like a whale, and shoots webs like Spiderman? If you can't readily come up with an answer, that's okay: until now, such animals weren't known to science. But as of ...

Consumer & Gadgets Mar 3, 2017

Review: Drobo can store all your data and keep it safe

Data. We all create it every day, and there is likely a decent amount of it you'd like to store long-term.

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 10, 2015

Glove for sensing heat and cold in virtual reality apps

Can you imagine burning your fingertips or feeling that ice freezes your hand as you interact in a virtual reality program? The Mexican company Vivoxie has created Power Claw, a pair of gloves with an interface that stimulates ...

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