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A Robotic Slime That Could One Day Save Your Life [Video]

A Robotic Slime That Could One Day Save Your Life [Video]

https://youtu.be/yMb-xX0FtcY?si=Ui8cU4FvnYGeLE5D From Interesting Engineering: In a world where robotics and medical innovation converge, a game-changing hero emerges: a slime. This…

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Astronomers have learned lots about the universe − but how do they study astronomical objects too distant to visit?

Telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory near La Serena, Chile. Guillaume Doyen/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, CC BY Luke Keller, Ithaca College NASA’s…

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WATCH LIVE: NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Launches to a Metal Asteroid [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npIDMxrzm_o Update: the launch was a success. You can rewatch it above by rewinding the footage. I can't specify the…

7 months ago

Comets 101 − everything you need to know about the snow cones of space

Comet Hale-Bopp was visible from Earth in 1997. E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria, CC BY-NC Shannon Schmoll, Michigan…

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Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term

Many cultures integrate hot peppers into traditional dishes. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File Paul D. Terry, University of Tennessee Everyone…

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Major Medical Discoveries That Happened By Mistake: The Power of Serendipity

https://youtu.be/fpUKYXP1Do0?si=3Z5KqoT4j3fVACPk In the world of medical innovation, where countless hours and billions of dollars are invested annually, the power of…

7 months ago

Why Are Useless Decongestants Still on Shelves?

https://youtu.be/ZlFF7A8nk0w?si=-wbxjRGQXACLAiz1 If you've ever reached for an over-the-counter decongestant in the past couple of decades, there's a good chance it…

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How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize 80 years ago

George De Hevesy working in his lab at Stockholm University in 1944. Keystone Features/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Artemis Spyrou,…

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Chick Embryo Neurons Time-Lapse Video Wins Nikon Small World in Motion Competition

https://youtu.be/ftv_8gkIKx4?si=T9gzjcNUNUZvJ-_H In a triumph of scientific artistry, a 48-hour time-lapse film showcasing the development of neurons in the central nervous…

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Cell death is essential to your health − an immunologist explains when cells decide to die with a bang or take their quiet leave

Programmed cell death such as apoptosis is a common stage of cellular life. Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Zoie…

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