430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found
The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than...
A New Way to Flirt: Dazzle Potential Mates With Patterns Invisible to Humans
Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by...
Sonic Booms and Seismic Waves Can Reveal Where Space Junk Crash-Lands
The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.The sensors used to listen for earthquakes...
Filoplumes Are Nature’s Super Feather
Filoplumes may be tiny, but these hairlike feathers enable nonstop flights that span thousands of miles.Filoplumes may be tiny, but these hairlike feathers enable...
Thing-Like Robotic Hand Makes Life Resemble ‘The Addams Family’
The very capable robotic picker-upper can grasp things on both sides and roam around freely.The very capable robotic picker-upper can grasp things on both...
