What Chili Peppers Can Teach Us about Pain
U.C. San Francisco researcher and Breakthrough Prize–winner David Julius talks about capsaicin, opioids and snake vision -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Cracking under pressure: What teeth can teach us about modern materials
As unlikely as it sounds, a simple tooth could play a significant role in the world's clean energy future......»»
Just password manager already — here are the best options
We're just gonna say it: Creating strong, complex passwords — and then actually remembering what those passwords are — has become a huge pain in the behind. The well-known advice is that you shouldn't use the same password for everything.....»»
Can Microsoft"s New Software Help Teach Children to Read?
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Microsoft on Wednesday announced Reading Coach (video), software that allows children to practice reading out loud and receive personalized feedback. Reading Coach will be integrated into Word Online, OneNote.....»»
What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answers
Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in a new comparative study......»»
Testing Super Device, Huawei’s ‘pain-free’ multidevice link
Huawei's Super Device lets you wirelessly connect different products together for the purpose of multitasking and collaboration. We've tried it out......»»
A simple model predicts household lead exposure risk
Although it is a naturally occurring metal, lead can be toxic to humans, especially children. Since 1978, lead has been phased out of many products in the United States (including paint and gasoline), but its remnants can still be found in soil, pain.....»»
A Minecraft build can be used to teach almost any subject, according to researchers
For all its massive popularity, Minecraft—the highest-selling video game of all time—is not highly regarded among the gaming world's snob class. The graphics are blocky, and there isn't much of a point to it. It's for kids......»»
New research offers insight into emerging tomato virus – and advice about a popular resistance
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging virus that is damaging to tomatoes as well as other crops, including peppers. In a recent study, Dr. Ling and colleagues at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in C.....»»
Hands on with the GoCube 2x2: a fun twist on a classic puzzle
This pocket-sized puzzle is fun for new and experienced cubers alike, and its helpful app can teach you to solve it in no time.Since it first launched in 1977, the Rubick's cube has rocketed to the top of the top-selling puzzle game list. Cubing —.....»»
What can we do to get more women into coding?
How visual, auditory and kinesthetic tools used to teach kids coding should be adapted for adults......»»
Google wants schools to teach Chromebook repair classes
Kids learn valuable skills and get to fix all the Chromebooks they break. Enlarge / Google's repair program shows how to disconnect the battery from a Chromebook. (credit: Google) Hey kids! Want to help out your school and l.....»»
Evolution: Biology teachers often fail to recognise misconceptions
"Cheetahs have become faster and faster because they have realized that it is necessary"—this statement should make teachers sit up and take notice when they teach the principles of evolution. Many students have incorrect ideas about it. They fail.....»»
How to evolve Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Notice your creatures aren't growing? Fear not, trainer, because we're here to teach you everything about how to evolve Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus......»»
How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future
Children and youth know that climate change is altering lives, environmental patterns and futures......»»
What wintering squirrels can teach astronauts
When bears and ground squirrels hibernate in winter, they stop eating, lasting until spring simply on the fat reserves they've stored up in their bodies. Usually, this sort of prolonged fasting and inactivity would significantly reduce the mass and f.....»»
Forget Zoom school. For some students, class is in session in VR
Jeremy Bailenson has studied virtual reality for decades. But it wasn't until last year that the Stanford professor felt the technology was good enough that he could actually teach a class in VR......»»
Hive Ventures offers investment + counseling to help startups solve clients" pain points
Founded in 2019, Hive Ventures differentiates itself from fellow venture capital firms by adopting investment + counseling, a business model of making early-stage venture capital investment in startups plus providing counseling services to help them.....»»
Diversio focuses on AI-enabled diversity, equity, inclusion framework, gets $6.5M
Diversio claims it combines AI, advanced data analytics, and subject matter expertise to diagnose an organization's DEI pain points. Diversio claims it combines AI, advanced data analytics, and subject matter expertise to diagnose an organization.....»»
Kid of the Year Finalist Lino Marrero, 15, Invented a Shoe That Can Charge a Cell Phone
Lino Marrero was leaving cello practice one day when he noticed several blisters on his fingers. The pain was so bad that the 10-year-old inventor from Frisco, Tx. wanted to quit playing the instrument for good, even though he loved music. So he star.....»»
Something In Your Eyes May Reveal If You"re At Risk of Early Death, Study Shows
A quick and pain-free scan of the human eyeball could one day help doctors identify "fast agers," who are at greater risk of early mortality. ScienceAlert reports: A machine learning model has now been taught to predict a person's years of life simpl.....»»