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Echolocation for humans. Original post https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article…

With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds, and interpreting the sounds of the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment.

In as few as 10 weeks, researchers were able to teach participants how to navigate obstacles and recognize the size and orientation of objects using the rebounding calls of their clicks. The experiment involved 12 participants who’d been diagnosed as legally blind during their childhood, and 14 sighted people.

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The rodents, which live at elevations of more than 15000 feet, have fluffy tails that act as rudders while they sail between rocky cliffs.

June 10 marks the first solar eclipse of any kind viewable in North America since 2017.

The ring of fire annular solar eclipse in June is the first solar eclipse viewable in North America since 2017. Here’s how to watch and what makes it special.

“Because of this male-specific effect, we investigated the effects of MPH through the paternal line and observed the same behaviors in several generations of their descendants not directly administered the drug.”

Summary: A new study of male guppies reveals behaviors affected by methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH), an active ingredient in common ADHD medications, can be passed along to future generations.

Source: University of Toronto

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An ancient capital, lost under the sand for more than 3400 years, may hold the answer to one of Egyptian history’s greatest mysteries.

The space agency is launching two missions to study Venus’ atmosphere and geological history.

“I did a lot of screaming and jumping up and down,” Grinspoon tells Inverse. “I scared my dog.”

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Banner Smoked Fish Inc. is recalling 43 of its s moked fish products in all package sizes, all package types and all lots, because of a potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The problem was discovered through FDA routine inspection, and the products were found to be processed under unsanitary condition.

The recalled smoked fish were distributed through retail stores and also online in the New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Nebraska, Arizona, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Nevada, Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

After nine years of waiting for a gamma-ray burst, scientists have to go back to the drawing board.

Scientists detected the most energetic radiation and longest gamma-ray afterglow of a gamma-ray burst, providing insight into these mysterious events.

Scientists create a superfluid with negative mass that accelerates backwards.