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Climb like a slo-mo Spiderman using this super suction robot
A whooshing ring of water keeps the robot’s vacuum from losing grip, even on rough surfaces
- Climate
A rainforest once grew near the South Pole
A forest flourished within 1,000 kilometers of the South Pole. That was a while ago, as in millions of years ago.
- Microbes
Scientists Say: Amoeba
Amoebas are single-celled microbes that move and eat with shape-shifting bulges that extend from their cells. Some are blobs. Others build a shell.
- Animals
Mice show their feelings on their faces
Pleasure, pain, fear and disgust — all can show on a mouse’s face. As computational analyses show, you just need to know what to look for.
- Health & Medicine
Tackling the novel coronavirus calls for novel ideas
Teams around the world are proposing new innovations to fight COVID-19. Projects tackle supply shortages, new treatments, vaccines and more.
- Chemistry
COVID-19 victims could breathe easier with these innovations
Feared equipment shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted research teams to develop novel technologies to help oxygen-starved lungs.
- Environment
This ‘living’ concrete slurps up a greenhouse gas
Microbes help harden a mix of sand and gelatin into a living concrete that could interact with people and the environment in great new ways.
- Chemistry
Let’s learn about forensic science
Crime scene investigators analyze evidence with science, to connect criminals to crimes. And it’s often slower and different from what you see on TV.
- Humans
Brainwaves of people with coarse, curly hair are now less hard to read
Electrodes weren’t designed for people with coarse, curly hair. A redesign was needed, scientists say.
- Earth
Scientists Say: Jurassic
During this time from about 200 million to 145 million years ago, dinosaurs reigned and many animals evolved, including birds and some early mammals.
- Health & Medicine
First drug is found to block the new coronavirus
A series of new trials show that the antiviral drug remdesivir offers promise in speeding the recovery of patients with COVID-19.
- Physics
Explainer: Rainbows, fogbows and their eerie cousins
Light shining through a water droplet can make more than just a rainbow. A range of other colorful arcs also can develop.
