(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University of Bristol, UK.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2009
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Physicists at Queen Mary University of London have set up a new pitch drop experiment for students to explore the difference between solid and liquids.
General Physics
Jul 1, 2014
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Born blind, Juan Pablo Culasso has never seen a bird. But through his gifted sense of hearing, he can identify more than 3,000 different bird sounds and differentiate more than 720 species.
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2016
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Baseball legend Connie Mack famously said pitching is 75 percent of the game. He was wrong -- a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor finds it's just 25 percent.
Mathematics
Sep 29, 2011
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The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State University are breaking down the physics of a new baseball pitch that's been getting a lot of attention.
General Physics
Feb 21, 2019
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Blue whales have the remarkable ability to synchronize the pitch of their songs so that they all hit the exact same note, according to a new study. Professor of Physics Roger Bland recorded thousands of whale songs off the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2010
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When political candidates give a speech or debate an opponent, it's not just what they say that matters—it's also how they say it.
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2015
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(AP) -- PhillieBot for Cy Young? It's unlikely.
Robotics
Apr 20, 2011
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Elite athletes with bionic implants, built-in chips to monitor their performance and shirts embedded with nanotechnology medicines to heal minor injuries could be taking the field for the 2051 Rugby World Cup.
Other
Sep 6, 2011
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If you could put on a pair of swimming goggles, shrink yourself down like a character from The Magic School Bus and take a deep dive inside a liquid, you would see a crowd of molecules all partying like it's 1999.
Condensed Matter
Nov 3, 2017
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