Saturday Citations: Merging brown dwarfs, ancient machine guns, gravitational wave detection

Saturday Citations: Merging brown dwarfs, ancient machine guns, gravitational wave detection

This week, among a lot of other important findings, we learned that emperor cichlid fish have gaze sensitivity and dislike it if you look at them—or especially their children. England is looking for a solution to its 5-billion-liter water deficit. And a high-fiber diet isn't only healthy for you—it also benefits your parasitic tapeworms!

‘Ancient machine gun’ was used by Romans to attack Pompeii

Long before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 and Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice, the people of the doomed city faced a very different threat. About 170 years ago, the inhabitants of Pompeii were fighting for independence when Roman armies led by general Lucius Cornelius Sulla attacked Pompeii and took it under control. But now Italian researchers say they have discovered the Romans had a secret weapon – the dopolos – a Greek-designed catap…