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Joe Boyle

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Study uncovers the picky eating habits of earth’s largest mammal

Image: Craig Hayslip A recent study has gone against the idea of blue whales as indiscriminate filter-feeders, showing that they only dive for food of a certain quality. Blue whales, like all...

  • Oct 13, 2015
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Flight dynamics: study suggests value of wing sensors

A new study from the University of Washington indicates that insects’ wings double up as sensitive gyroscopes. Gyroscopes are used to measure orientation, and are present in many devices, from...

  • Mar 24, 2015
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