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Bottlenose Dolphins Somehow Even Cooler Than We Knew, Can Sense Electricity
It looks like bottlenose dolphins may have more tricks up their fins than we knew. New research involving trained zoo dolphins seems to confirm that these mammals can sense electricity, much like other aquatic life. The talent may allow them to better hone in on hidden fish prey and navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field,…
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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel
Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing. As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger responses that…
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Birds Use Quantum Mechanics to See Magnetic Fields, New Research Suggests
Many birds have a sixth sense. No, not seeing dead people: They detect Earth’s magnetic field, an ability that allows them to return to the same sites, year after year, during seasonal migration. Now, scientists have come closer to identifying the mechanism that our feathery friends use to feel Earth’s magnetic field — and it…
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Leaked Demo Videos Show HTC’s New Flagship Phone Up Close And In Action
We already had a pretty good idea what HTC’s next flagship smartphone is going to look like (Spoiler alert: a lot like it’s last flagship). But now, demo videos have leaked, on top of everything else. You can bet this is the real thing.