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Perhaps fortunately, animal droppings generally don't stick around in the environment too long. But when they do, like in the case of this special Andean condor poop pile, these unique fossils offer new insights into the history of our planet.

​In ancient times, people read from rolled-up papyrus scrolls. Today, many of us read from flat tablets. Scientists at Canada's Queen's University have now combined aspects of the two, in the potentially-quite-handy MagicScroll.

​We've seen efforts to combine drones and Lego in new kinds of toys before. But a new system developed by scientists at Queen's University takes a different, and arguably more impressive, approach, by making drones themselves Lego bricks which arrange in a desired formation during flight. ​

Claimed to be the world's first virtual musical instrument for flexible phones, Queen's University's new "WhammyPhone" prototype promises kinesthetic control never before experienced on a smartphone.

​The same team that developed a flexible phone which treats bending its screen as a form of input have now done themselves one better by creating a flexing display that's also holographic.

Researchers at Queen's University's Human Media Lab have created a prototype smartphone called ReFlex, that features a flexible display and advanced tactile feedback, simulating the sensation flipping through the pages of a book.

BitDrones are flying 3D display pixels that are designed to swarm in their thousands to produce giant, interactive graphic displays that could be used for the likes of 3D gaming, medical imaging, and molecular modelling.

Drug-resistant bacteria, also known as superbugs, pose a very real threat to public health and well-being. Scientists have developed an antibacterial gel capable of breaking through the its protective casing, killing off certain types of drug-resistant bacteria.

If you watch any cop shows, then you know that a person's race and gender can be determined by doing a DNA analysis of one of their hairs. Now, however, scientists have developed a method of obtaining that same information from hair, that's quicker than DNA testing and is 100 percent accurate.

Described as a multi-display, shape-changing smartphone, the PaperFold allows up to three separate E-Ink displays to be combined into various shapes to support different functions and provide extra screen real estate when required.

The MorePhone is a prototype smartphone that can curl up to indicate incoming calls, texts or emails.

The PaperTab is a flexible, touchscreen tablet that is designed to redefine not only the tablet computer's form, but also the way we use them.