You are viewing the "science" Archives
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
Posted on:
Giant gyres of plastic in the ocean grab headlines, but it’s the tiny bits of plastic that scare scientists. And they’ve made their way everywhere, a new study finds – including our seafood.
Why Octopuses Might Be The Next Lab Rats
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
Posted on:
Move over, fruit flies, rats and zebrafish. Squid and octopuses have elaborate brains and behaviors, and scientists say studying them in the laboratory could yield important biological insights.
Study Shatters Preconceived Notions About Urban Vs. Rural Obesity
By: Susan Brink | NPR
Posted on:
The conventional wisdom is that city life makes you fat and rural life keeps you trim. A new study looks at the numbers to see if that holds true.
Mind-Machine Meld: How Computer-Assisted Telepathy Helps Humans Communicate
By: Elise Hu | NPR
Posted on:
The next phase of human evolution seems headed toward merging biological bodies with machines, and in the first video of Future You, Elise Hu gets connected to a network and plays a game her thoughts.
Why Making A ‘Designer Baby’ Would Be Easier Said Than Done
By: Richard Harris | NPR
Posted on:
Ethical concerns aside, the genetic ingredients for human traits are so complex that editing a few embryonic genes is unlikely to have much effect — or achieve the fantasy of enhancing humans.
This Week, NASA Is Pretending An Asteroid Is On Its Way To Smack The Earth
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
Posted on:
A fictitious asteroid is the focus of a realistic exercise, as experts at the Planetary Defense Conference run through how the Earth would respond to news of a looming asteroid strike.
New OK for Out-of-Sight Flights Expands Ohio Drone Research
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Researchers will expand testing of defense-related drone technology with new permission to fly beyond their line of sight in a limited area of Ohio. The Federal Aviation Administration authorized that after the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the state developed new technology called SkyVision, which functions as sort of air… Read More
How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It’s Not Their Mouthparts
By: Jonathan Lambert | NPR
Posted on:
It’s the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.
Decoded Brain Signals Could Give Voiceless People A Way To Talk
By: Jon Hamilton | NPR
Posted on:
Scientists have found a way to transform electrical signals in the brain into intelligible speech. The advance may help people paralyzed by a stroke or disease, but the technology is experimental.
First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway
By: Rob Stein | NPR
Posted on:
This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness and sickle cell disease.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- > >
- 8
- Next Page »