Modern armor systems do not do a good enough job of protecting humans from blast-induced neurotrauma (brain and eye damage). To improve them, we may have to look to nature. In particular, a tiny ...

Pistol shrimps have one larger, modified claw. When they open it and snap it shut, it produces a fast-moving vortex ring. The vortex ring produces a cavitation bubble, which collapses, producing heat, ...

Beneath docks, coral rubble and rocky crevices in warm coastal waters lives a small crustacean that produces one of the loudest sounds in the ocean using nothing but a single oversized claw. The ...