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Biohybrid Robot

June 4, 2018

Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

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MIT engineers have designed an ingestible sensor with bacteria programmed to sense environmental conditions and relay the information to an electronic circuit. (Lillie Paquette, MIT)

Ingestible Medical Sensors

June 1, 2018

A capsule combines engineered bacteria and microchips to monitor the GI tract.

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A rice paddy in Taiwan. (prometeus_86/Pixabay)

Crops and Climate Change

May 31, 2018

High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

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(Vlynn/Pixabay)

Baby Translator

May 30, 2018

A new app helps parents interpret the meaning of their babies' cries.

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Green-Blooded Lizards

May 29, 2018

Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

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Chimpanzee Nest Microbes

May 28, 2018

Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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Brain Gaming

May 25, 2018

A video game helps neuroscientists discover new types of brain cells.

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(Stephen Worden / Radio Newark)

Wet Plastic

May 24, 2018

Why do some things dry in the dishwasher while others stay stubbornly wet?

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Malaria Odor

May 23, 2018

Distinctive odor compounds may help doctors find out who is infected with malaria.

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Spectral tarsiers from Indonesia have five functioning chitinase genes and can digest the exoskeletons of insects like this grasshopper. Quentin Martinez)

Our Insect-Eating Ancestors

May 22, 2018

What did our mammalian ancestors eat during the age of the dinosaurs? The answer might bug you.

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Sea Snail Memory Transfer

May 21, 2018

What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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Mountain Legacy Project

May 18, 2018

Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky …

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