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Curious cosmic choreography: Small galaxies locked in a strange dance around large galaxies

Curious cosmic choreography: Small galaxies locked in a strange dance around large galaxies | Science News | Scoop.it

A newly discovered form of circle dancing is perplexing astronomers; not due to its complex choreography, but because it's unclear why the dancers – dwarf galaxies – are dancing in a ring around the much larger Andromeda Galaxy.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-curious-cosmic-choreography-small-galaxies.html#jCp

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Video: Laysan Albatross Mating Dance

Midway, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, is one of the world's most spectacular wildlife experiences. Nearly three million birds call it home for much of each year, including the world's largest population of Laysan Albatrosses, or "gooney birds". Hawaiian monk seals, green sea turtles and spinner dolphins frequent Midway's crystal blue lagoon.

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Dirty dancing: dung beetles get down to walk the line : Nature News & Comment

Dirty dancing: dung beetles get down to walk the line : Nature News & Comment | Science News | Scoop.it

The meticulous insects pirouette atop their dung balls to get their bearings and correct navigational errors.

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Nao Robots - Thriller

A definitly too short Thriller-Spot "danced "by Nao Robots

Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics

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[VIDEO] "Neural Rhythms": Neuroscience Meets Tap Dance by Maddie Schwarz

Neurons, the cells that comprise our brains, each fire with distinct patterns and rely on one another’s communicative signals to produce the larger rhythms which carry out our thoughts and actions. Listen a little closer, and you’ll find that tap dancers talk in the same way, all the while relying on the 100 billion cells keeping time within their cortices.

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Nature Has A Good Beat, But Can You Dance To It?

Rhythm in music is about timing — when notes start and stop. And now scientists say they've found a curious pattern that's common to musical rhythm. It's a pattern also found in nature.
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The Beetle ‘Poo Dance’ | LiveScience

The Beetle ‘Poo Dance’ | LiveScience | Science News | Scoop.it
Some dung beetles do a little jig on their dung balls to help orient themselves so they can navigate away from rivals, researchers have found.
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