Superspreaders
Learning about the immune system from people who catch germs but don’t get sick.
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Ancient Kangaroos
The largest kangaroos once walked - instead of hopped - across ancient Australia.
Prosthetic Touch
New advances are giving amputees the ability touch and feel through prosthetic hands.
Programming Plants
Researchers strive to engineer plants with the same precision they use to design microchips.
Curiosity to Learn
Heightened curiosity about one subject primes people to learn less interesting information as well.
Old Lungs & Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen might quell lung inflammation and help prevent infections.
Solar Grass Blades
Unique nanostructures copy grass blade architecture to harvest sunlight.
Seafloor Mapping
Space-based measurements of the ocean’s surface are revealing the topography of the seafloor miles …
Monarch Genetics
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.