Monkey feel, monkey do in paralysis research

Researchers have used brain scans of one monkey to control the movement of another monkey. It’s a first step in a complex road towards helping paralysed people regain some movement control. The research from Harvard Medical School (carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital) is detailed in a paper titled “A cortical–spinal prosthesis for targeted limb […]

“Games & Gamers” Young Adult Book Series is Nonfiction Look at Gaming Industry

Lerner Publishing Group has released a 6-book nonfiction series about the video game industry entitled ShockZone™ Games & Gamers. The series, written by video game and comic book writer Arie Kaplan (The New Kid from Planet Glorf graphic novel, Paranormal State and Law & Order: Legacies games), is fun, yet fact-filled, and discusses many aspects of […]


What Stephen Hawking Really Said About Black Holes [Science Video]

You’ve probably all read it, Stephen Hawking recently changed his mind about the nature of black holes, with many news outlets reporting that the astrophysicist said that black holes do not exist. But this isn’t true, and that’s not what he said at all. For those interested, you can check out Stephen Hawking’s paper on […]

Tatooine Started Life Far, Far Away, Just Like Kepler-34(AB)b

Luke Skywalker bemoaned his lack of travel before the events of A New Hope. But researchers analyzing data from the Kepler space telescope say his home planet Tatooine would have been on an epic journey of its own before Skywalker’s birth. That’s because Tatooine is a circumbinary planet, meaning it orbits a double-star system. Such […]