Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand is a step closer to reality for amputees in this galaxy. Researchers have created an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 11, 2017
How much can 252-million-year-old ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot
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•During the late Permian, the equator was dry and desert-like, yet surprisingly a hotspot for biodiversity, new paleontological research shows. Similarly to modern rainforests, equator ecosystems were home a unique …read more Source:: Science
Injuries from window blinds send two children to the emergency department every day
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•Almost 17,000 children under six years of age were treated in hospital emergency departments in the US for window blind-related injuries from 1990 through 2015, averaging almost two per day. …read more Source:: Science
DIY-IT: Top 10 how-to articles of 2017
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•We publish a lot of how-to articles here on ZDNet, especially in the DIY-IT column hosted by David Gewirtz. To wrap up our year, David takes you through ten of …read more Source:: Linux
Radar tracking reveals how bees develop a route between flowers
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•As bees gain foraging experience they continually refine both the order in which they visit flowers and the flight paths they take between flowers to generate better and better routes, …read more Source:: Science