Sustainable Development

Inside MIT's Self-Replicating Objects

As with other Self-Assembly Lab projects, including the chair that builds itself we debuted earlier this year, Self-Replicating Spheres is built on customized magnets. When di...

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Virtual Fences Around Wind Farms Could Reduce Bird Deaths

Well, according to a recent study published in Animal Biotelemetry, the answer to this problem could be the development of geofences, which are virtual perimeters programmed t...

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A New Supermaterial Lets This Artificial Heart Pump Like The Real Thing

It’s been made by material science engineers from Cornell University, who say their foamy cardiovascular replica could have the potential to stand in as a replacement he...

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Scientists Just Created An Artificial Skin That Could Let Patients Feel Again.

“The aim of our research was to make a synthetic skin that communicates information about pressure in the same way that real skin does,” Alex Chortos, a researcher...

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Tesla Cars Just Got An 'Autopilot' Mode.

It’s the most radical feature Tesla has ever delivered via an over-the-air update, downloaded to the car much like you’d download a new version of Android or iOS t...

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Self-Driving Cars Are Coming To Canadian Roads In 2016

In a bid to compete with the US on developing self-driving cars—technologies that companies such as Google and Tesla are already working on—self-driving cars can b...

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Scientists Have Already Built a Prototype Greenhouse for Mars

Last month’s announcement that NASA had discovered very strong evidence of flowing water on Mars renewed excitement over the possibility of humans living on Mars, as we ...

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Still More Evidence That Antioxidant Supplements Actually Increase Cancer Risk

Antioxidants have been pitched from grocery store shelves, vitamin supplement labels, and by nutritionist sketchballs for as long as I can remember. Indeed, the basic idea tra...

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Boeing Says It's Made The Lightest Metal Material In The World

The product, called microlattice, is 100 times lighter than styrofoam, according to Boeing, and is made with interconnected hollow tubes. Its structure is similar to that of a...

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Berlin's Preeminent Vr Artists Explain Why Augmenting Reality Matters

Skyping with the Deutschland duo, we chatted about how 3D camera technology is going to be a part of your life sooner than you think, how the technology can be applied at nucl...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024