Why do dyeing poison frogs tap dance?
The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is poorly understood. In a new paper, researchers demonstrate that dyeing poi.....»»
This tiny robot can copy your every dance move
Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled a humanoid robot, EVAL-03, at a robotics exhibit in Tokyo......»»
Elon Musk busts some moves at new Giga Berlin Tesla factory
Tesla boss Elon Musk celebrated the opening of the automaker's Giga Berlin factory on Tuesday by pulling a few dance moves......»»
Lizzo goes head-to-head with James Corden in a glorious 80s v. 2020s dance riff-off
What's the best music for filling a dance floor at a wedding?In the clip above, Late Late Show host James Corden maintains that it's classics from the 1980s that do it best. Then Lizzo suddenly appears to put his theory to the test.Cue a 80s v. 2020s.....»»
Two endangered glass frogs discovered near Andean mining sites
An international team of biologists and researchers have identified two new species of endangered glass frogs near active mining areas in the Andes, discoveries they say highlight the region's "cryptic diversity" while simultaneously underscoring the.....»»
Learning physiology by looking at the poisons that shut it down
A cute book, but not nearly as good as Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook. Enlarge (credit: Adam Gault) Neil Bradbury is a physiology professor whose first book, A Taste for Poison, uses tales of poisons and poisoners.....»»
Scientists capture the fleeting dance of moiré excitons
Published in the journal Nature, scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), and Stanford University have, in a world-first, imaged and measured the two part.....»»
Dua Lipa explains how she"s made peace with her viral "lazy" dance
Promoting her ongoing Future Nostalgia tour, singer Dua Lipa dropped by The Tonight Show to chat about her "lazy" dance that went viral in 2018 for all the wrong reasons. Fortunately, as she told host Jimmy Fallon, the sting of millions of people moc.....»»
"The Batman" Review: A crime-thriller suffocated by PG-13 demands
It's time Batman got a proper R-rated movie. We've seen him dance. We've seen him "get nuts," get seduced, and get rubber nipples. We've seen him rebrand as a "so serious" Dark Knight, then reboot as a brawny brooder. With The Batman, writer/director.....»»
Colossal black holes locked in dance at heart of galaxy
Locked in an epic cosmic waltz 9 billion light years away, two supermassive black holes appear to be orbiting around each other every two years. The two giant bodies each have masses that are hundreds of millions of times larger than that of our sun,.....»»
Code.org and Coldplay Launch Global Campaign To Inspire Kids To Code and Dance
theodp writes: Tech-bankrolled nonprofit Code.org is inviting kids to join the Coldplay Dance Party, explaining in a Medium post that "we've teamed up with award-winning band Coldplay to launch a global campaign that celebrates music and computer sci.....»»
Peacemaker’s Steve Agee on chainsaw kills, viral dance moves
Peacemaker actor Steve Agee reflects on season 1 of the hit HBO Max series, his favorite moment (it involves a chainsaw), and that opening dance sequence......»»
Some Amazon Ring Customers Demand Drivers Dance, Then Post Videos Online
From the New York Times: As Gita Jackson reported recently in Vice News, some Amazon customers are now explicitly asking the company's drivers to deliver a performance along with the package. They are posting signs to their front doors or tapping un.....»»
Examining the frogs of Baja California
There's a pandemic sweeping across the globe. No, not COVID, a different one. For decades, a brutal fungal infection has been decimating amphibians worldwide......»»
Are mosquito-killing natural pesticides unintentionally harming frogs?
The question of how pesticides affect public health and the environment has generated a lot of attention in Québec. Pesticides are widely used and often end up in our natural environment......»»
People are making Amazon drivers dance for surveillance cameras and posting the footage on TikTok
Motherboard reports that the TikTok users are leaving notes on their door or using the Amazon app to ask drivers to perform dances for their cameras. Clips are then posted on the social media site. It doesn’t appear that any of the drivers gave the.....»»
Watch astronauts perform a ‘space dance’ to mark 300 days in orbit
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei this week performed a microgravity-aided dance to celebrate reaching 300 days aboard the International Space Station......»»
Losing amphibian diversity also means losing poison diversity
While frog and salamander declines worldwide have made scientists outspoken about the need to preserve amphibian genetic diversity, two University of California, Berkeley, biologists emphasize another important reason for conserving these animals: Th.....»»
New role for cyanide in early Earth and search for extraterrestrial life
Today, the colorless and deadly gas cyanide is known as a fast-acting poison and a chemical weapon. Four billion years ago, however, it may have been a harbinger of life. Chemists at Scripps Research have shown for the first time how cyanide could ha.....»»
Elden Ring will see the return of an environment that fans utterly loathe
Hidetaka Miyazaki has confirmed that the controversial poison swamp biome will make its return in Elden Ring......»»
New treatment helped frogs regenerate their amputated legs, potential for human therapy
Our bodies connect us to the world. When people lose parts of their bodies to disease or traumatic injury, they often feel that they've lost a part of who they are, even experiencing a grief akin to losing a loved one. Their sense of personal loss is.....»»