Psychology
Everyone experiences malicious joy now and then
Called schadenfreude, feeling happy when we see someone else’s pain is typically harmless. But unchecked, it can have big consequences.
HS-LS1-2
Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
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- Brain
Hypnosis isn’t magic. It’s the brain at work
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- Health & Medicine
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- Tech
This squirrel-like robot has some serious hops
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- Tech
Squirty gels bring food-like flavors to virtual reality
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- Animals
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Compound eyes made up of many smaller visual structures may not produce crisp images, but they offer a great field of view.
- Tech
Bioelectronics research wins top award at 2024 Regeneron ISEF
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- Physics
The movie Frozen inspired the icy, 3-D printing of blood vessels
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