Daily Archives: August 28, 2012

Harvester ants use their own internet for hive-mind decision making

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Deskarati

Harvester ant colonies are able to decide how many foragers they need to send out of the nest by using a protocol system that’s eerily similar to the one IT professionals use to determine how much bandwidth is available on … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric bugs from 230 million years ago found in amber

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Deskarati

An international team of scientists has discovered the oldest record of arthropods—invertebrate animals that include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans—preserved in amber. The specimens, one fly and two mites found in millimeter-scale droplets of amber from northeastern Italy, are about 100 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity rover returns voicemail from Mars

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Deskarati

NASA’s Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back. In spoken words radioed to the rover on Mars and back to NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) on Earth, NASA Administrator … Continue reading →

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Natural Born Musical Prodigy? Maybe

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Deskarati

Video of a 4-year-old Hong Kong boy is making the rounds on the Internet. Watch it for just a few seconds and you’ll understand why: He’s clearly a musical prodigy. He plays piano like he was performing at Carnegie Hall; … Continue reading →

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