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Peacocks can shoot lasers from tail feathers, scientists discover

Peacocks can shoot lasers from tail feathers, scientists discover

Scientists have concluded that peacocks’ tail feathers are capable of emitting narrow beams of light. A team highlighted that the colored tail feathers include tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. Researchers from Florida Polytechnic University and Youngstown State University explored such structures that may emit a very different signature glow after applying a special dye …

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Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails : ScienceAlert

Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails : ScienceAlert

Sharks with frickin’ lasers are tired news. Peacocks, apparently, are where it’s truly at. Famous for their dazzling iridescence, peacock feathers are known to contain nanostructures that scatter light in ways that make their plumage shimmer in hues of blue and green. Applying a special dye to multiple areas on a peacock’s tail, researchers from Florida Polytechnic University and Youngstown …

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Twisted Metal season 2 review: Peacock’s adaptation feels like the games

Twisted Metal season 2 review: Peacock’s adaptation feels like the games

The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock’s adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most of the major characters, all while rattling off a never-ending barrage of jokes. But it never really felt all that much like the games it was adapting. What it was …

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