Increasingly, vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems are looking not only at the road but also at the driver. And for good reason. These systems can, paradoxically, make driving less safe as drivers engage in more risky behaviors behind…
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Researchers Develop VR Lollipop to Simulate Taste
Virtual- and augmented-reality setups already modify the way users see and hear the world around them. Add in haptic feedback for a sense of touch and a VR version of Smell-O-Vision, and only one major sense remains: taste.
To fill the gap,…
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Viking Expansion into North Atlantic Was More Complex than Previously Thought
The Vikings played a preeminent role in the peopling of the North Atlantic, and one might expect populations that were founded by them to be genetically similar and homogeneous. New research suggests that the Icelandic and Faroese populations…
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From electric cars to wildfires, how Trump may affect climate actions
If we learned anything from 2024, it’s that climate change is rapidly reshaping our world. We’re on course to set the hottest year on record. In just the past few months, supercharged hurricanes, 1-in-1,000-year floods and…
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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Why do asthma, heart attacks and many other health conditions tend to strike in the early hours of the morning? One possible explanation for this mysterious phenomenon has been discovered by researchers from Prof. Gad Asher’s laboratory at the…
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Oilstainlab Offers Gas-or-Electric Car With Swappable Powertrain
Some performance-car buyers can’t imagine a world without internal-combustion engines. Others want to rush headlong into the EV revolution.
Car designers and twin brothers Nikita and Iliya Bridan have a uniquely ambitious approach: Why not have…
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Photo Robot Takes the Perfect Picture
Finding it hard to get the perfect angle for your shot? PhotoBot can take the picture for you. Tell it what you want the photo to look like, and your robot photographer will present you with references to mimic. Pick your favorite, and…
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Ancient Central Americans built a massive fish-trapping system
Starting around 4,000 years ago, an elaborate fish-trapping system nourished expanding human populations in lowland Central America, a new study finds. The discovery of this massive construction project indicates that aquatic foods at…
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Standing at work can be detrimental to blood pressure
A Finnish study found that prolonged standing at work had a negative impact on the research participants’ 24-hour blood pressure. In contrast, spending more time sitting at work was associated with better blood pressure. The study suggests that…
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Scientists identify a long-sought by-product of some drinking water treatments
Roughly one-third of Americans could be exposed to a long-sought, newly identified breakdown product of some chlorine-based water treatments.
Although the toxicity of the by-product, an electrically charged molecule, is yet to be…
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