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This device can reconnect the brain with the muscles of paralyzed people
People who break their backs or suffer a spinal trauma are unable to stand or move even though their legs still work, because the signal which connects their brain to their muscles is disconnected. An international team of scientists may have found a way to bypass the injury and reconnect the brain Read More...
Finding joy in 3 seconds with Google’s former happiness guru
This engineer contributed to the early stages of Google’s mobile search engine. However, he built his name in the company through his mindfulness classes for his colleagues. His recipe for happiness is remarkably simple: Pay attention to the small things in life. He recommends recognizing “thin Read More...
Mindfulness is bringing relaxation and focus to children in the classroom
This is not just a very cute picture. This is perhaps the most important innovation happening in education at the moment. Mindfulness and meditation are becoming more and more common in schools. In fact, there are more than 4,000 teachers qualified to teach mindfulness in the U.K alone, and that Read More...
Cicada wings inspire antibacterial surfaces and more efficient solar cells
Cicadas make a sharp noise with their wings. That is because their wings are covered in an array of nanoscale spikes. Earlier this year scientists were able to copy this structure to create a highly effective antibacterial surface. Now, researchers have replicated those Read More...
Meet the mangosteen: An alternative treatment for shizophrenia
What looks like an over-sized plum wearing a green top hat could actually be a gentler treatment for schizophrenia. Known as the mangosteen, this tropical fruit has long been featured in traditional medicines in South-East Asia, and now Australian researchers believe the rich antioxidants found in Read More...
Forget about the five seconds rule, you can eat from the floor
The fact that the five-second rule has gathered so much attention over the years is actually quite silly. Why? Because there are so many places in your house that pose much more of a concern than the floor, including the kitchen counter, which is more than twice as dirty as your kitchen floor. Of Read More...
Nasa uses robots inspired by geckos to climb pretty much anything in space
Robots in space have to navigate over uneven surfaces without the support of gravity. In zero gravity, even pushing tape against surfaces is a challenge. Nasa engineers are looking to nature for solutions. They copied the system geckos use to climb smooth surfaces. In this video you can see how Read More...
Birds show aircraft how to avoid mid-air collisions
Birds have always been the inspiration for men when it comes to aviation. The Wright Brothers themselves spent a huge amount of time observing birds before achieving their first flight in 1903. Now researchers have been studying how birds avoid collisions. The birds have a simple rule: They always Read More...
Scientists watch an immune system fight the flu in real time
Infections play out like short wars. A virus enters the body and over time the immune system’s T-cells respond and kill off infected cells. How do we know this? Well, because researchers have developed a way to watch all of this happen in real time. Using a new technology, researchers can create Read More...
Having more sex brings men closer to God, says new study
Sages in Asia have taught for ages that an orgasm brings human beings for a moment to the experience of God. Now a research team has confirmed that teaching in a scientific experiment. The researchers carried out a study in which they boosted levels of oxytocin in middle-aged men and found Read More...