Sperm Whale Messages
The click-like sounds made by deep-diving sperm whales carry personally identifying information.
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Noisy Leaks
Listening to subterranean municipal plumbing to track down wasteful water leaks.
Dinosaur Watching?
Is your bird feeder a window back to the Cretaceous period?
Gas Analysis
Analyzing the gas in our gut can provide a window into our interior ecosystem.
Forecasting Terrorism
A computer scientist finds predictable patterns in terrorist attacks.
Rescuing Ancient Scrolls
Physicists decipher ancient scrolls that were burned and buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius …
Flexible Neural Implants
A flexible neural implant could restore function to damaged spinal cords.
Down Syndrome Protein
Deficiency in a key protein may strongly contribute to cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome.
Long-lived Eunuchs
Over several centuries in Imperial Korea, eunuchs far outlived their non-castrated counterparts.
Other Blood Types
New research adds 2 more rare blood type systems to a surprisingly long list.