Scoring occurs using only the tip of the blade, which features a flat, compressible device used for electronic scoring. The sabre owes its heritage to the Middle Eastern scimitar and the 18th-century ...

Sabre teeth - the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon - represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature. They evolved at least five times ...

The research, led by scientists at the University of Bristol in collaboration with Monash University shows that long, sharp blade-like teeth gave sabre-tooth’s a real advantage as specialised weapons ...