In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis, and examine how older adults hear.

In this week’s episode, we learn about a new wall-jumping robot, using sensor-integrated blocks to better identify developmental disabilities, we learn about creatures with camouflage, a new procedure to detect exposure to dangerous...

Northwestern University scientists, using nanotechnology facilities funded by the National Science Foundation, have successfully combined textile fibers with a nanomaterial referred to as metal-organic-framework or MOF. This material...

Increasingly unconstrained by the limits of their lifeless, emotionless construction, computers are being used more and more to improve our understanding of human emotions. This trend is due, in part, to the work of Shaundra Daily, who —...

When Scott Daly entered college after serving in the military, he wanted to take an introductory chemistry class. His academic advisor tried to dissuade him, encouraging him to avoid science classes because they are harder. But Scott...

“Walking molecules” that haul damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room, drones that could be small as a fingernail, fish that do the “electric hide,” and local interventions that could boost coral’s resilience to bleaching....

In this week's episode we examine spiders' silk, coral reefs, artificial retina technology, and the sense of touch. Check it out!

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In episode 33, Charlie and Jordan explore the zoolophone--a 3-D printed metallophone with playful animal shapes--and how it was created by optimizing shapes to control sound.

The National Science Board (NSB) initiated its Vannevar Bush Award in 1980 in memory of Vannevar Bush, who helped establish federal funding for science and engineering as a national priority and played a pivotal role in the creation...

Sleepless in Angryville, greenhouse gas gobblers, handy robot gloves, and counting on drones



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