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2 articles

- History
The Brilliant “Baloney Slicer” That Started the Digital Age
- By Venkat Srinivasan
- February 16, 2015
How the hard disk drive married two very powerful concepts.
- Zoology
Seeing Electricity, Hearing Magnetism & Other Sensory Feats
- By Sarah Zhang
- January 7, 2015
For elephants, feet are sensory organs.Martin Harvey, Getty Images It’s pretty obvious that dogs have sharper ears and cats a keener sense of smell than we do. But as powerful these senses are, they are merely keener versions of the ones we humans possess. The animal kingdom also boast some senses that are arguably more […]