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A scared coral reef’s gutless behavior could lead to advances in human tissue regeneration.In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers at the Tel-Aviv University found that a common coral reef, Polycarpa mytiligera, ejects its internal organs when it gets stressed out.The researchers filmed themselves as they gently squeezed 66 of these filter-feeders, and found that around 47 percent ruptured their filtration sacs and ejected their digestive tracts. The bowel-blasting creature then camouflages itself, pretending to be dead while it regenerates its gut in less than two…

When it comes to space, one of humanity's favorite pastimes is looking for flowing water on Mars. Scientists pore over the latest dark streaks on the surface analyze …

Tiny scratches on a wind turbine or an airplane wing can go unnoticed, but they can cause serious problems if they are left untreated. Now, a group of researchers in the…

It's pretty clear by now that there is no street, canyon, ocean, zip line, or frozen lake that Google will not photograph for their Street View feature in Google Maps.

Police were seeking a “devious defecator": the person responsible for leaving piles of poop in the aisles of a grocery store outside Atlanta. So to help out, the company that…

Maybe what’s stopping drone deliveries isn’t just the massive logistical hurdles of short-range unmanned flights, combined with legal obstacles and public skepticism of small…

Addiction is more complex than a chemical need for a particular substance—it’s a conjunction of circumstantial and social cues that remind an addict that they need to take a…

Ford sells printed and printable 3D models via a partnership with imaging company TurboSquid for popular models like the Ford Fiesta, Ford Focus, and all-new Ford GT.

Humans have been racing horses, and watching horse races, for thousands of years. How has horse racing changed over that time? The horses got faster, as we observed in this…

Since their invention, landmines have scourged battlefields, lying in wait for unsuspecting foes before erupting with devastating force that damages life and limb, and…

In the future you won’t have to worry about your coworkers finding out that you’re wearing the same shirt as yesterday, because you’ll be able to change its color and…

These days, sadly, it’s par for the course to hear of new additions to the list of myriad ways that irresponsible human activity is ruining planet Earth. The list is long and…

For the first time ever, a judicial body has ordered the government of a country to do something about climate change. In a ruling issued yesterday in the Netherlands, The…

Amazon announced its making its artificially intelligent bluetooth speaker, Amazon Echo, publicly available for purchase. It's also releasing a series of toolkits to…

Imagine a world where we don't have to plug anything in. Your phone, laptop, tablet and headphones are constantly being topped-up whenever they're placed on an inductive…

One of Microsoft's most ambitious projects of the last few decades is HoloLens, a prototype headset that displays holograms over the real world as you look around. Also known…

Rocks and fossils from all over the world make up sculptures, buildings, and even sidewalks, their long journey completely unnoticed by millions of people who walk by them…

Jetpacks are about to go on sale, so curmudgeons of the world can at last retire their canard that we are not living in the promised future. The New Zealand-made Martin…

In the middle of the 20th century, lobotomies were a relatively common treatment for people with severe mental illnesses. The controversial procedure surgically destroyed…

Rarely does a document prepared by an insurance group read like an apocalyptic screenplay. But it does happen. In this case, Lloyds, a storied insurance market put out a…

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