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How Learning to Read Rewrites the BrainA new study finds that adults' brains are still very flexible and adaptable for the learning of new skills.
neuroscience -
See the 1st-Ever High-Speed Footage of Lightning Striking a BuildingIt's the first time that high-speed video of lightning hitting a building has been captured, according to a new study.
weather -
Global Warming Gas Can Now Be Extracted from Air and ResoldThe world's first commercial facility that can extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and resell it for commercial purposes opened today.
climate-change -
Spray-On Touch Screens? How to Turn Any Flat Surface into a TouchpadWith just a can of spray paint, researchers can turn flat surfaces of any shape or size into touchpads.
communications -
Trouble Sleeping? Air Pollution Could Be the CulpritPeople in a new study who lived in areas with high levels of air pollution slept worse.
planet-earth -
Soft 3D-Printed Robot Is Agile Even on Sand and RocksA robot with elaborate, 3D-printed legs is able to walk across different types of surfaces, including sand and pebbles.
robotics -
3D-Printed Ovaries Offer Promise as Infertility TreatmentIn a promising development for a future fertility treatment, a female mouse with synthetic ovaries that were created on a 3D-printer conceived and gave birth to healthy baby mice.
cancer -
Small-Brained Human Cousin Was Surprisingly SmartPaleoanthropologists now also say a primitive-looking relative to modern humans was likely much smarter than the current understanding of the primitive hominins would suggest.
human-evolution -
What Really Caused the Hindenburg Disaster?What brought down the Hindenburg airship on its ill-fated journey in May 1937?
human-behavior -
Humans May Have Occupied North America 100,000 Years Earlier Than ThoughtEarly humans may have lived on the North American continent 130,000 years ago, more than 100,000 years earlier than scientists previously believed, according to a new study.
archaeology -
Psychedelic Drugs Really Do Trigger a 'Higher' State of ConsciousnessPeople in the study who used psychedelic drugs showed higher patterns of neural activity.
neuroscience -
Just Add Heat: New 4D-Printed Objects Morph on Cueengineering -
Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superheroengineering
