Mantis shrimps punch at bullet speed. How can they take it?
The dactyl clubs act as a phononic shield, filtering high-frequency stress waves and preventing harmful vibrations from ...
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Fisherman Gets Punched by a Mantis Shrimp
A fisherman gets the shock of his life when a powerful mantis shrimp delivers its legendary punch at a local bait store!
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‘Phononic shield’ protects mantis shrimp from its own shock waves
Dactyl clubs are hammer-like structures located on each side of a mantis shrimp’s body. They store energy in elastic ...
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'We didn't know they were going to be this cute': Scientists unveil genetically engineered 'woolly mice'
"We didn't know they were going to be this cute." "A mouse model is super useful in this case, because unlike elephants [whose gestation lasts about 22 months], mice have a 20-day gestation," Beth ...
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The world's first 'body in a box' biological computer costs $35,000 and looks both cool as hell plus creepy as heck
These cells hang out on the surface of the computer's silicon chip, and the machine's Biological Intelligence Operating System (or biOS for short—cute), allows users to wrangle the neurons for a ...