Turtle shells served as symbolic musical instruments for indigenous cultures
Turtles served as more than tasty treats for many Native American tribes throughout North America.
Archaeology
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Bioengineers unveil surprising sensory and self-healing abilities of seashore creatures
New research from bioengineers paints a surprisingly complex picture of limpets—the little seashore creatures that are ubiquitous on rocky patches of beaches in many parts of the world. The bioengineers have discovered ...
Materials Science
Aug 28, 2018
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Fossil turtle didn't have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak
There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil turtle that lived 228 million years ago is shedding light on how modern turtles developed ...
Archaeology
Aug 22, 2018
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How 'bling' makes us human
Sparkly jewelry, expensive shoes, designer watches – who doesn't love a bit of "bling?"
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2018
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How ions gather water molecules around them
Charged particles in aqueous solutions are always surrounded by a shell of water molecules. However, much is still unknown about the nature of this so-called hydration shell. Using terahertz spectroscopy, chemists from Bochum ...
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2018
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Chirality switching in biomineral structures
Researchers at McGill University have discovered a mechanism by which helical biomineral structures can be synthesized to spiral clockwise or counterclockwise using only either the left-handed or right-handed version of a ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2018
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Mexican experts find seeds, cloth around mummified child
A CAT scan of a rolled-up straw mat found in a northern Mexico cave has revealed the mummified remains of a 1 ½ year-old boy.
Archaeology
Jul 30, 2018
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Europe's energy giants reap benefits of oil price surge
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell, French peer Total and Spain's Repsol on Thursday logged surging second-quarter net profits on the back of soaring oil prices.
Business
Jul 26, 2018
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Researchers develop a framework to encode mechanical memory in a featureless elastic shell
When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was translated into Braille, it spanned 1,000 pages over 14 volumes of thick Braille paper. Tolstoy's War and Peace weighs in at 21 volumes. But what if there was a way to store ...
Engineering
Jul 25, 2018
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Cleaning out pollen shells
As allergy season intensifies, many people are cursing pollen—the powdery substance released by plants for reproduction. However, pollen may serve a purpose beyond making new plants and triggering sneezes. In ACS Biomaterials ...
Materials Science
Jul 11, 2018
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