Study: Electronic ‘skin’ will enable amputees to perceive through prosthetic fingertips — (Details)
Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb" -- a feeling that a missing body part is still there.
That sensory illusion is...
Study: Mechanism behind space expansion of oncogenic mutant cells — (Details)
Cells in multicellular tissues adhere to each other. Epithelial tissues on the surface layer of the intestines and skin pack cells into a...
Study: The cells that control the formation of fat — (Details)
Fat cells, or adipocytes, are at the center of nutritional and metabolic balance. Adipogenesis -- the formation of mature fat cells from their...
Study: Dogs understand what’s written all over your face — (Details)
Dogs are capable of understanding the emotions behind an expression on a human face. For example, if a dog turns its head to...
Study: System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems — (Details)
Getting robots to do things isn't easy: usually scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate...
Study: First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy in second trial — ...
One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success in assessing whether...
Study: Intervention uses a smartphone app, activity tracker, small financial incentive and personal coach...
Does this sound like someone you know? He or she spends too much time in front of screens, gets little exercise and eats...
Study: A medical analysis of his injuries and neurosurgical care — (Details)
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Struck by bullets on June 5, 1968, following his...
Study: Say cheese! Why a toothy smile makes it easier for you to be...
A fulsome smile in a photo makes it easier for people to identify the individual, say researchers at the University of York.
Previous research...
Study: The single, divorced, and widowed at heightened risk, pooled data analysis suggests —...
Marriage may protect against the development of heart disease/stroke as well as influencing who is more likely to die of it, suggests a...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
