What Are the Health Risks Associated With Your Personality Type?
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DARPA’s new brain device increases learning speed by 40%
An international team of scientists has created a non-invasive device that stimulates the brain to improve cognitive function. In tests on macaques, it reportedly increased the monkeys’ learning speed by 40 percent.
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The role your car plays in democratizing the energy grid
Decentralized power systems could have huge impacts on vehicles in the near future—and not just in terms of how we’ll charge our cars.
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Researchers create a fast-sealing surgical ‘glue’ for closing wounds
It’s elastic enough to keep a wound sealed on an inflated lung.
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Transparent solar panels are “the wave of the future”
Researchers from Michigan State University believe transparent solar panels have the potential to generate just as much solar power as rooftop solar panels. When used effectively, they could at full implementation provide 40 percent of electricity in the U.S.
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When an algorithm helps send you to prison
In 2013, police officers in Wisconsin arrested a man driving a car that had been used in a recent shooting. The man, Eric Loomis, pleaded guilty to attempting to flee an officer, and no contest to operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Neither of his crimes mandates prison time.
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One in five American children live with hunger
The United States has one of the worst rates of child hunger among high-income countries. A recent UNICEF analysis puts it in perspective: About 20% of American children live in food-insecure households, meaning they lack access to safe and nutritious foods.
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The immigrant maps of America: Genome study of over 770,000 people reveals the ancestral origins of each part of the country
Scientists from AncestryDNA analysed genome-wide genotype data from 774,516 Americans
This allowed researchers to identify the genetic ‘clusters’ within, or the genetic communities
The study reveals ancestral origins and migration patterns for specific groups across the country
A device that turns currents into electricity could make tidal energy a reality
There’s no doubt that tidal power is severely lagging behind other forms of renewable energy like wind and solar power. However, as two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, we’d be crazy not to try and harness energy from water that’s continuously in motion.
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Volvo prepares to take on Tesla with a revamped Polestar
VOLVO is in the midst of a reincarnation. The Swedish automaker is leaving behind its former life as the maker of super safe, super boxy wagons, and embracing an existence dedicated to technological prowess, electric propulsion, and svelte design.
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This robot-run 3D printing farm is the future of light manufacturing
Even small businesses are now running lights-out facilities using robots and automation.
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A team of scientists just made food from electricity- and it could be the end of world hunger
Finnish research team has taken a step towards the future of food by developing a method for producing food from electricity. If scaling it up proves to be successful, it could be a tool in the fight against world hunger and climate change.
