Tereza Pultarova

Live Science Contributor

Tereza is a London-based science and technology journalist, video producer and health blogger. Originally from Prague, the Czech Republic, she spent the first seven years of her career working as a reporter, script-writer and presenter for various TV programmes of the Czech national TV station. She later took a career break to pursue further education and added a Master in Science from the International Space University, France, to her Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Prague's Charles University. She is passionate about nutrition, meditation and psychology, and sustainability.

Latest articles by Tereza Pultarova

Researchers turned the surface of this guitar into a touchpad.

Spray-On Touch Screens? How to Turn Any Flat Surface into a Touchpad

By Tereza Pultarova published 26 May 17

With just a can of spray paint, researchers can turn flat surfaces of any shape or size into touchpads.

Communications

A woman lays awake in bed, looking at a clock.

Trouble Sleeping? Air Pollution Could Be the Culprit

By Tereza Pultarova published 24 May 17

People in a new study who lived in areas with high levels of air pollution slept worse.

Pollution

This 3D-printed, four-legged robot is capable of walking on rough surfaces, such as sand and pebbles.

Soft 3D-Printed Robot Is Agile Even on Sand and Rocks

By Tereza Pultarova published 24 May 17

A robot with elaborate, 3D-printed legs is able to walk across different types of surfaces, including sand and pebbles.

Robotics

This microscopic image shows mouse egg cells within the biosynthetic ovary.

3D-Printed Ovaries Offer Promise as Infertility Treatment

By Tereza Pultarova published 19 May 17

In 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

The skull of an adult <em>Homo naledi</em> male that researchers dubbed "Neo." The skull, along with an almost-complete skeleton, was found in the Lesedi chamber of the Rising Star cave system near Johannesburg, South Africa.

Small-Brained Human Cousin Was Surprisingly Smart

By Tereza Pultarova published 12 May 17

Paleoanthropologists 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 Behavior

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship became engulfed in flames and crashed to the ground as it attempted to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

What Really Caused the Hindenburg Disaster?

By Tereza Pultarova published 5 May 17

What brought down the Hindenburg airship on its ill-fated journey in May 1937?

Human Behavior

The researchers found these unbroken mastodon ribs and vertebrae, including one vertebra that had a large neural spine, also called a spinous process, at the site in San Diego, California.

Humans May Have Occupied North America 100,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

By Tereza Pultarova published 26 April 17

Early 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