Being able to reach the top shelf in the grocery store isn’t the only benefit of being tall. Research published in the journal Science Advances shows that taller people have better spatial awareness, too. The number of differences between tall … Read More »
Imagine a world where a fly on the wall could help Grandpa Joe and James Bond. In July, researchers announced that one fly’s hypersensitive ears had inspired a cutting-edge hearing device. Ormia ochracea, a parasitic fly species, needs extremely accurate … Read More »
The road to a major breakthrough in prosthetics began decades ago with a young Italian boy in front of a TV. “I watched The Six Million Dollar Man, fascinated by the idea of connecting the natural and the artificial and … Read More »
Jabra, the big name in headphones and headsets, is releasing a pair of wireless earbuds that continuously measure the user’s heart rate. Designed for athletes, the Jabra Elite Sport are essentially an advanced activity tracker, earbuds, and a Bluetooth communication … Read More »
With heroin growing in popularity and causing a serious public health issue, researchers are looking at new ways to help treat the addiction. At Washington State University researchers were curious to see whether a hyperbaric chamber pressurized with pure oxygen would … Read More »
Twenty years ago, Dolly the sheep proved to the world that cloning was possible, but her poor health didn’t exactly engender much confidence in the process. However, her siblings, cloned from the same cell line, are serving as living proof … Read More »
Have you kept up-to-date with the latest research on the human microbiome? If not, here’s your chance to catch up. As always, I’ve picked out a selection of scientific papers and articles that I found interesting and think the readers … Read More »
Sick of waiting in traffic jams? You could be. Pollution that gathers inside cars in traffic jams and at red traffic lights is far higher than that found in cars that are moving. Now, research published in the journal Environmental … Read More »
A hairy, eight-legged friend creeps out from under the bed just as you are tucking in for the night. Who does not feel just a slight apprehension? Could disrupting and resaving memories help some people to lose their fear of … Read More »
Up until about 12.000 years ago, all humans lived as hunter-gatherers. This was how things had been for millions of years. Today, however, very few true hunter-gatherers are left on this planet. We’ve traded in our original way of life … Read More »