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Tadpoles of one frog species let out an audible "scream" when they come under attack, scientists have discovered. They only make the noise, described as a brief, clear metallic sound made up of a series of notes, when in distress. It is the first time any vertebrate larva has been found to use sound to communicate underwater. The discovery that frog tadpoles can make sounds also raises the possibility that a host of aquatic...
2010-04-13
larva communication animal frog water screamThe father of a child with severe autism has developed technology to help him communicate.
2010-04-23
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Despite their immense size and thick hides, elephants are afraid of bees. Adults can be stung around their eyes or inside their trunks, whilst calves could potentially be killed by a swarm of stinging bees as they have yet to develop a thick protective skin.
2010-04-27
elephant bee sting communicationCockroaches "recommend" good food sources to each other by communicating in chemicals, according to scientists. The much-maligned insects appear to make a collective decision about the best food source...
2010-06-04
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2010-05-12
psychology communication happiness technology mobile phone Internet sociology culture social networkIn 1968, pop artist Andy Warhol declared that in the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes.
2010-06-10
Internet communication social network fame Andy Warhol surveillanceThe arrest of 10 alleged spies in the United States has thrust the ancient practice of steganography into the limelight. Several of the suspects are accused of using the method to conceal data being transmitted from the US to Russia.
2010-07-02
USA Russia spying steganography encryption communication Catholic ChurchThe function of these images in illuminated manuscripts has no small bearing on the hypertext analogy. These “miniatures” (so named not because they were small—often they were not—but because they used red ink, or vermillion, the Latin word for which is minium) did not generally function as illustrations of something in the written text, but in reference to something beyond it. The patron of the volume might be shown receiving the...
2010-07-12
hypertext Internet medieval pointer writing communication literature painting historyPlants are able to "remember" and "react" to information contained in light, according to researchers. Plants, scientists say, transmit information about light intensity and quality from leaf to leaf in a very similar way to our own nervous systems. These "electro-chemical signals" are carried by cells that act as "nerves" of the plants...
2010-07-14
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