The Chuck Yeager of advanced arm prosthetics
Johnny Matheny, who lost his arm to cancer in 2008, is a pioneer of advanced arm prosthetics. “Everybody tells me that I’m the only one in the United States that has had my stump into every advanced...
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Can modern prosthetics actually help reclaim the sense of touch?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWill a robotic arm ever have the full functionality of a human limb? Miles O’Brien shows us how he adapts to living without his left arm The Chuck Yeager...
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How much would you sacrifice to be the first person on Mars?
Michael McDonnell and his wife adorned their refrigerator with magnets from various cities around the world and an extraterrestrial reminder of Michaels dream to join a one-way mission to Mars. Photo...
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Photos: Scientists ‘winter’ in Bahamas to study endangered migratory bird
A piping plover on the Joulter Cays in the Bahamas soon after it was released by a team of scientists. The pink band on its leg will allow scientists, and citizen scientists, to track the bird from its...
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Why scientists want to protect the piping plover’s winter home
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSShould scientists bring extinct species back from oblivion? Bald Eagle Removed from Endangered Species List New report suggests Earth on the brink of a...
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Mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet puzzling NASA scientists
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captured these two views of Ceres on Feb. 12, 2015, from a distance of about 52,000 miles (83,000 kilometers) as the dwarf planet rotated. The images have been magnified from...
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Why weed makes you super hungry, according to science
A pedestrians walks past the Little Green Pharmacy medical cannabis dispensary in Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Photo by Randall Benton/Sacramento Bee via Getty ImagesFinally, science...
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Meet a pioneer of advanced arm prosthetics
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWill a robotic arm ever have the full functionality of a human limb? The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Paralyzed Woman Powers Robotic...
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Why we pick and choose which science to believe
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSClimate talks in Lima: What did the global community actually agree on? Half of Republicans back limits on carbon emissions, poll finds How will...
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Chemical used to color sodas linked to cancer risk
The caramel coloring used in soda has been linked to a rise in cancer risk. Photo by Flickr user Phera Laster The brown coloring in your soda may be linked to increased cancer risk, according to a new...
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A detailed new map of our genome in action
DNA is a long code of instructions to build every tissue in our body. But there are little markers along the way that tell cells how to read the DNA. And those markers turn genes on and off, which...
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How raising tigers as farm animals drives illegal poaching in the wild
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSInflamed by poaching, record-high tiger deaths reported in India Tiger population increases by 30 percent in India What’s it take to build a business in...
View ArticleWatch a stunning blue sunset — on Mars
Are you a fan of watching sunsets? Well, NASA has an out-of-this-world one to show you. On Monday, NASA uploaded to Vine a six-second simulated sunset from the surface of Mars. In a stark mirror from...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence program teaches itself to play Atari games — and it...
Artificial intelligence program deep Q-network teaches itself to play classic Atari games like Space Invaders. Video courtesy Google DeepMind with permission from Square Enix Ltd. A new artificial...
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Photo essay: How to swim safely with sharks
One Ocean Diving program’s safety diver and shark behavior expert Ocean Ramsey swims with a shark in Hawaii. Photo courtesy of ©juansharks and ©oneoceandiving.comOcean Ramsey wants you to know that...
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Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSArtificial intelligence program teaches itself to play Atari games — and it can beat your high score Doctors turn to artificial intelligence when they’re...
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That dress isn’t blue or gold because color doesn’t exist
Scottish musician Caitlin McNeill and her band have been arguing over the color of this dress: is it blue and black or white and gold? Image courtesy Tumblr/swiked Color scientists already have a word...
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Short circuit halts NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover for days
A self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover that shows the vehicle at the “Mojave” site, where its drill collected samples of Mount Sharp. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity...
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This jawbone may change everything we know about early human history
This is Olduvai Hominid 7 (OH 7), a partial lower jaw, bones of the braincase and hand bones of the first Homo habilis, also known as “Handy man.” Credit: John Reader When paleoanthropologist Louis...
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If you avoid these 3 risk factors, scientists can count how many healthy...
A new study suggests that a person who is obese, has high blood pressure and has diabetes on average is diagnosed with heart failure more than a decade earlier than someone with none of these chronic...
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