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‘Swarm of one’ robot is a single machine made up of independent modules
This robot mimics simple life forms.Trevor Smith, CC BY-NDMy colleagues and I have built a robot composed of many building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a “brain” or a...
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How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen...
Some parts of the U.S. see well over 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snow per year.Edoardo Frola/Moment Open via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d...
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Omega-3 fatty acids are linked to better lung health, particularly in...
Your diet may play a role in maintaining lung health.magicmine/iStock via Getty ImagesOmega-3 fatty acids have garnered significant interest among patients and clinicians for their potential protective...
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Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the...
Tetris has hooked people for decades. AP Photo/Richard DrewWith its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40...
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Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging...
Feeling wiped out by mental work has different causes than what drives physical fatigue.nensuria/iStock via Getty Images PlusDo you ever feel spacey, distracted and worn down toward the end of a long...
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Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2...
Low-level blasts can cause physical changes in the brain.Libkos/AP PhotoWhen the force of a blast shoots a round out of a large-caliber rifle, howitzer or M1 Abrams tank gun, the teams of people...
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We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
Frank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958.National Museum of the U.S. Navy/FlickrA roomsize computer equipped with a new type of...
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What is IVF? A nurse explains the evolving science and legality of in vitro...
Some of the eggs and sperm in these tubes stored in liquid nitrogen may go on to form an embryo.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty ImagesSince the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the...
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Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and...
Young children, pregnant people and the immunocompromised are among the most vulnerable to measles.CHBD/E+ via Getty Images“You don’t count your children until the measles has passed.” Dr. Samuel Katz,...
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The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and...
An 'onmyoji,' an expert on yin and yang, performs divination with counting rods in an Edo-period illustration. Kyoto University Library/Wikimedia“The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel,...
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The ‘average’ revolutionized scientific research, but overreliance on it has...
The average can tell you a lot about a dataset, but not everything. marekuliasz/iStock via Getty Images PlusWhen analyzing a set of data, one of the first steps many people take is to compute an...
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Biden executive order on sensitive personal information does little for now...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took questions on the day the Biden administration announced an executive order that puts personal data privacy in a national security context.AP...
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Why do bees have queens? 2 biologists explain this insect’s social structure...
The queen, on the right with a larger, darker body, is bigger than the worker bees in the colony and lives several times longer.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series...
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Robber flies track their beetle prey using tiny microbursts of movement
Robber flies visually track their prey before spearing it with their proboscis.Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, CC BY-NDApril in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as...
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Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition
Class, gender and religion influenced health care in early modern Spain and Latin America.Diego Velázquez/The National Gallery, CC BY-NCMany of the significant health disparities and inequities...
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Lithium-ion batteries don’t work well in the cold − a battery researcher...
Why do batteries lose charge more quickly when it's cold? Halfpoint Images/MomentRechargeable batteries are great for storing energy and powering electronics from smartphones to electric vehicles. In...
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Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood
How would you feel if your workplace was tracking how you feel?nadia_bormotova/iStock via Getty ImagesEmotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and...
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Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these...
A replica fossil of the titanosaur _Patagotitan_, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered. It would have weighed about 70 tons (63.5 metric tons.)Spencer Platt/Getty Images News via Getty...
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High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what...
The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible.Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/Marine Corps via APNations around the world are rapidly developing...
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Rare access to hammerhead shark embryos reveals secrets of its unique head...
The characteristic hammer-shaped head is just becoming visible in this image of an embryonic bonnethead shark. Scale bar = 1 cm.Steven Byrum and Gareth Fraser, Department of Biology, University of...
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