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- Freshwater fish, amphibians supercharge their ability to see infrared light
- Why’s there chatter in my Himalayan singing bowl?
- Elephants may use trunks like 'leaf blowers' to obtain inaccessible food
- Smart fabric provides 'air conditioning' for the wearer, adjustable with a mobile app
- Who's the 'enviest' of them all?
- Virtual selves can help boost better real world health, exercise habits
- Humans can empathize with robots
- Vast energy value in human waste
| Freshwater fish, amphibians supercharge their ability to see infrared light Posted: 05 Nov 2015 09:19 AM PST Salmon migrating from the open ocean to inland waters do more than swim upstream. To navigate the murkier freshwater streams and reach a spot to spawn, the fish have evolved a means to enhance their ability to see infrared light. |
| Why’s there chatter in my Himalayan singing bowl? Posted: 05 Nov 2015 08:37 AM PST A Himalayan singing bowl operates like a wine glass -- slide your fingertip, or a wooden stick called a puja, around its rim to hear its soothing tones. The bowls have been used for meditation and worship for centuries, but have found new audiences in contemporary music. Researchers have studied the motion of the bowl and revealed the origin of "chatter," which occurs when the puja is played against the bowl. |
| Elephants may use trunks like 'leaf blowers' to obtain inaccessible food Posted: 05 Nov 2015 07:30 AM PST Two captive elephants blast air through their trunks to grasp hard-to-reach food, suggests an initial study. This behavior, studied in a zoo population of Asian elephants, is altered according to the distance to the food, which may indicate advanced mental ability and awareness of their physical environment. |
| Smart fabric provides 'air conditioning' for the wearer, adjustable with a mobile app Posted: 05 Nov 2015 06:20 AM PST Scientists have developed a new high-volume production method for hot embossing microscopic channel structures onto large areas of plastic film at a low cost for use, for example, in wearable technology and cosmetic applications. One of the goals is to engineer a smart fabric adjustable with a mobile app for controlling the wearer's temperature. |
| Who's the 'enviest' of them all? Posted: 04 Nov 2015 09:46 AM PST Young adults are more envious than older adults, a new paper suggests. They are more envious over looks and for a wider range of other reasons, too. It also appears that both men and women are more likely to envy someone who is of their own gender and approximately their own age. |
| Virtual selves can help boost better real world health, exercise habits Posted: 04 Nov 2015 09:10 AM PST Customizing an avatar to better resemble its human user may lead to improved health and exercise behaviors, according to a team of researchers. |
| Humans can empathize with robots Posted: 03 Nov 2015 03:45 AM PST Researchers have presented the first neurophysiological evidence of humans' ability to empathize with a robot in perceived pain. Event-related brain potentials in human observers, reflecting empathy with humanoid robots in perceived pain, were similar to those for other humans in pain, except at the beginning of the top-down process of empathy. This difference may be caused by humans' inability in taking a robot's perspective. |
| Vast energy value in human waste Posted: 03 Nov 2015 03:45 AM PST Biogas potentially available from human waste worldwide would have a value of up to US$ 9.5 billion in natural gas equivalent, UN University's Canadian-based water institute estimates. And the residue, dried and charred, could produce 2 million tonnes of charcoal-equivalent fuel, curbing the destruction of trees. The large energy value would prove small, however, relative to that of the global health and environmental benefits that would accrue from the safe treatment of human waste in low-resource settings. |
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