While bone is twice as tough (resists fracture), ivory has double the strength (withstands breaking completely). Ivory is ...

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The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

"Hydroxyapatite is natural. It is a type of calcium that makes up bones and teeth," says Lai. "Nano-hydroxyapatite relates to ...

Don’t look now but there is an elephant in the room. Well, it’s not a room exactly. It is our state government. And it’s not ...

They include exploding thermite reactions, liquid nitrogen ice cream, elephant toothpaste, and flaming gummy bears. There will also be interactive demonstrations from Alfred University’s School of Art ...

The elephant has killed people in about 12 separate attacks in India since Jan. 1 MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty At least 17 people have been killed by an elephant in India in a series of attacks that ...

In a famous Indian parable, five blind men are brought to an elephant. Each feels a different part of the animal, and they come to radically different views of what an elephant is. It depended on ...

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