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New app performs motion capture using just your smartphone...
Motion capture requires special equipment and infrastructure that can cost upward of $100,000 — but scientists have created a smartphone...
Earth from space: Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier...
A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar...
Why wait for Black Friday? The Celestron 114LCM computerized...
This powerful Newtonian reflector telescope has hundreds of 5-star Amazon reviews and a previous Black Friday best price-beating discount.
Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures,...
The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court.
How forensic DNA analysis can falsely link people to crime...
Researchers have found that forensic "DNA mixture analysis" is less accurate for certain groups of people with lower genetic diversity,...
1,200 years ago, a cat in Jerusalem left the oldest known...
Around 1,200 years ago, a cat "made biscuits," kneading on a drying clay jug in Jerusalem, leaving behind the oldest evidence of this...
Our brains can understand written sentences in the 'blink...
Language processing happens at speeds significantly faster than it takes to speak one word aloud.
What's the difference between a tsunami and a tidal wave?
Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation.
