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Squirty gels bring food-like flavors to virtual reality
A new device recreates complex flavors including lemonade, coffee and fish soup by delivering a mix of chemicals.
By Simon Makin
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A new device recreates complex flavors including lemonade, coffee and fish soup by delivering a mix of chemicals.
Autism is not a disease, but a description used to characterize a certain type of brain development.
Writing with a pen — but not typing — boosted links between regions used for motion and memory. That may help explain why writing fosters learning.
When elongate stilt spiders fall into water, they head for areas that don’t reflect light, studies show. This cue appears to signal dry land.
Too much screentime poses health risks, but research suggests playing video games can sharpen some skillsets.
Such an extreme sleep schedule may help nesting chinstrap penguins protect their young while still getting more than 11 hours of shut-eye.
A study that followed hundreds of teens during the COVID-19 pandemic now suggests why some of them handled long-term stress better than others.
Airborne robots help researchers keep tabs on wildlife, agriculture and more.
Through wires implanted in a person’s brain, this medical treatment can help treat various conditions.
Scientists are designing experiments to test whether these animals have self-aware experiences as we do.