Polymer film changes texture and color on demand
Yellow or green, matte or glossy, the appearance of a material depends on its color but also its…
Giant, rare 7-armed sea creature spotted in Monterey Bay
Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in…
Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm ‘Blob’ Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera
Seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) (Image: © 2025 MBARI) A rarely seen seven-arm octopus known as “the blob octopus”…
Tour Guide Picks Up Beach Rock And ‘Little Brown Blob’ Crawls Onto Her Hand
Rebecca Jaffe, founder and owner of Sea to Shore Explorers, a San Diego-based tide pooling ecotourism company, has…
‘Magical’ clip showing octopus communicating with scientist is just incredible
1. Thug According to Meriam-Webster’s dictionary definition, a thug is “a violent criminal.” Obviously, this definition leaves the…
Study of Underwater Videos Reveal Extraordinary Reach of Octopus Arms
A common octopus in South Florida waters. (Credit: Chelsea Bennice, Florida Atlantic University) A large-scale analysis of underwater…
University of Osaka D3 Center Launches New Computing and Data Infrastructure from NEC: Press Releases
Recent academic research involves the daily analysis and generation of vast amounts of data using supercomputers. However, the…