Spiders found to extend their hearing by using webs as giant audio arrays

Scientists have made another extraordinary discovery concerning spider silk, finding that orb-weaving spiders use their webs as an array to extend their sense of hearing, a finding that could lead to advanced new forms of audio hardware.

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InBio makes strong progress toward CRISPR-edited hypoallergenic cats

A single protein called Fel d 1 is responsible for the lion's share of human cat allergies, but a company called InBio says its initial research indicates a promising possibility that this protein can be eliminated safely using CRISPR gene editing.

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Study finds car thefts decrease when street lights are turned off

When you pull your car up on a quiet street at night, do you park under a street light thinking it will dissuade a thief from breaking into your car? New research challenges that assumption, finding rates of vehicle theft drop when street lights are off.

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Giant ice volcanoes may have recently changed the face of Pluto

Astronomers have found more evidence of giant ice volcanoes on Pluto. New analysis of data and images gathered by the New Horizons mission have revealed unique surface structures that seem to have been produced by something known as cryovolcanism.

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Food processing wastewater may find use as farmed seaweed fertilizer

The processing of foods typically generates a lot of wastewater, which has to be cleaned up before being released back into local waterways. According to new research, however, that water could first be put to use as a very effective fertilizer for farmed seaweed.

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Inca-inspired tech may offer a simpler means of checking the GI tract

Long before computers existed, the Inca people kept records using knotted strings known as quipu. That technology has inspired a new system for assessing gastrointestinal problems, which is considerably less expensive than conventional methods.

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Latest E Ink display tech boosts color and contrast

Back in 2014, we saw some of the first examples of color E Ink display technology. The first full color gamut support came a couple of years later, and now the color gamut and contrast has been bumped up again for E Ink Gallery Plus.

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Solar Orbiter probe snaps the sharpest ever image of the Sun’s corona

Since launching in February of 2020, the Solar Orbiter probe has been zeroing in on the Sun and has now used its advanced ultraviolet imager to capture the highest-resolution image ever of its outer atmosphere.

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NASA puts out call for competitors to SpaceX’s Moon lander

NASA is turning to the spirit of healthy competition to boost its chances of success in establishing a presence on the Moon through its Artemis program, today outlining plans for a commercially-developed sidekick to SpaceX's lander.

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