The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone NYT: Technology By: Jordan Pearson 16 May 2024 at 10:00 If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for a powerful listening device.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone NYT: Science By: Jordan Pearson 16 May 2024 at 10:00 If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for a powerful listening device.
Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water NYT: Science By: Sam Kean 9 May 2024 at 07:00 A science video maker in China couldnβt find a good explanation for why hot and cold water sound different, so he did his own research and published it.
Scientists Find an βAlphabetβ in Whale Songs NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 7 May 2024 at 11:00 Sperm whales rattle off pulses of clicks while swimming together, raising the possibility that theyβre communicating in a complex language.