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Archives for August 2018

Nurse Inventors

August 15, 2018

A nurse works to inspire others in the profession to try their hand at inventing.

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Alcohol-Resistant Microbe

August 14, 2018

A disease-causing microbe is becoming resistant to alcohol hand sanitizer.

Read moreAlcohol-Resistant Microbe
A basket of Chapulines (Roasted Cricket) in a market in Tepoztlán, Mexico. (Meutia Chaerani /Indradi Soemardjan via Wikipedia CC-BY-2.5)

Edible Crickets & Gut Health

August 13, 2018

Edible crickets could improve gut health.

Read moreEdible Crickets & Gut Health

DNA in Amber

August 10, 2018

Could scientists really get dinosaur DNA from insects preserved in amber?

Read moreDNA in Amber

Bioengineered Lungs

August 9, 2018

Scientists successfully grow and transplant bioengineered lungs into pigs.

Read moreBioengineered Lungs

Seeing AI

August 8, 2018

A powerful mobile phone app helps blind users see the world.

Read moreSeeing AI
A soft robotic grasper delicately handles a sea cucumber at a depth of 1282 meters. (Vogt, et al., 2018, courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)

Soft Deep-Sea Robots

August 7, 2018

Engineering customized robots to safely study the animals of the deep sea.

Read moreSoft Deep-Sea Robots
Celebrated songsters, zebra finches provide a window into the mechanics of song while dreaming. (Pixel2013/Pixabay)

Birdsong Dreams

August 6, 2018

Researchers have discovered that when songbirds dream, the vocal muscles they use for singing become …

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Birds & Alligators

August 3, 2018

Though mortal enemies, alligators and water birds team up against raccoons in the Florida …

Read moreBirds & Alligators

Religion & Prosperity

August 2, 2018

Why do secular societies tend to be more prosperous?

Read moreReligion & Prosperity
For color blind people, reds and greens disappear from the spectrum. (Artie Navarre/Pixabay)

Color Blind Glasses

August 1, 2018

New eyeglasses can reduce color blindness.

Read moreColor Blind Glasses
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