http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349761/description/News_in_Brief_Bats_are_3-D_cartographers
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
I ❤ Egyptian Fruit Bats
Recent studies have uncovered very interesting uses of neurons in the Egyptian Fruit Bat brain. These neurons, otherwise known as place cells have been put to a very curious use in the daily life of the bat. They use these cells to map out 3-D landscapes. Like a dot on a road map, the cells are used to map out the rooms that they have been put in. Scientists recorded these results by strapping brain-wave reading technology onto the heads of the bats, and discovered this amazing evolutionary benefit.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349761/description/News_in_Brief_Bats_are_3-D_cartographers
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349761/description/News_in_Brief_Bats_are_3-D_cartographers
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
I ❤ Ceramic Fish Cookers
Ancient Japanese pottery has been found that suggests that hunter-gatherers were using vessels such as the pot found to prepare food. The chemical analysis reveals that this pot was used between 11,200 and 15,300 years ago to cook a type of fish. They found it was fish because even though fatty acids don't tend to preserve well, they found small samples that were left within the stains on the inside of the pot. This type of pottery has been questioned for years, and is now just being traced to hunter-gatherer tribes in ancient china.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349564/description/Pottery_cooked_from_the_start
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349564/description/Pottery_cooked_from_the_start
Thursday, 11 April 2013
I ❤ Niumbaha Superba
There's a new genus of bat in town that appears to be striped like a badger. While conducting field research in South Sudan the team found this strange bat by accident on the Bangangai Game Reserve. Once back in America the team found that it was the same bat that had been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1939, and had been named under the genus Glauconycteris Superba . After some research they found that this particular bat did not fit into the genus. After hitting a dead end, the team had no other choice than to name a completely new genus of bat. This new genus has now been named Niumbaha Superba.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
I ❤ Not Sound
For the first time in history scientists have been able to completely block sound waves from an object with a simple plastic cover. This discovery may lead to very important findings in sound pollution and also allowing ships and submarines to remain unseen. Because they were able to completely block a kind of waves, this opens doors to blocking other waves. This discovery is the beginning of a new innovative world that is able to block any type of wave. This can alter the entire world we see today......seriously
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