This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. When Joseph Artuso was an undergrad at Columbia, he played rugby with Conor Russomanno, an engineering student. After feeling his mind “change” due to the …
A new biohybrid computer combining a “brain organoid” and a traditional AI was able to perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy — demonstrating the potential for human biology to one day boost our computing capabilities. The background: The human brain is the most energy efficient “computer” on Earth — while a supercomputer needs …
With a background in biochemistry, Briony Marshall knows all about molecules. But instead of pursuing a lab career, she connects people with scientific topics through sculptures. “I’m a bigger picture person,” Marshall says. “Having looked at what it’s like to work in a lab, I didn’t want to work on a tiny bit of the …
A colorful close-up image of the optic disc in a rodent’s retina received first place in the annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. Winners Hassanain Qambari and Jayden Dickson took the photo as part of their research into the effects of diabetes on the eye. Qambari and Dickson from the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, …
This is a beautifully written overview of the history of the life sciences targeted to teens, and is the first of a planned four-volume series © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee Sample pages: Discovering Life’s Story: Biology’s Beginnings by Joy Hakim. (Credit: MITeen Press) Joy Hakim / MITeen Press Providing a …
Researchers have been looking for new methods by which people with diabetes can regulate their insulin levels. Recently a team in Switzerland found a way to deliver insulin by playing Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. There’s a bit more to it, of course. The system also requires designer cells to produce and release insulin. Freddie …
A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the work of the Hudson River School, particularly Asher Durand, to create a list of questions that could help other researchers decide which paintings (and artists) could hold clues …
Lepanthes boyacensis, El Taladro, Boyaca. First time found in the wild. April, 2019 Edicson Parra-Sanchez Perched high in the Colombian Andes, researchers have found orchid species new to science and are working to save them from changing climate and land use. Colombia’s combination of lowland dry forests, wet forests, cloud forests and paramo (high-altitude meadows) …
Stitched Panorama – view of bay “Tarrafal de Monte Trigo” on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) getty The world’s third-largest nesting ground for Loggerhead turtles can be found on the island beaches of the small African nation of Cape Verde, known locally as Cabo Verde. The average Loggerhead Turtle is big—about twice the weight of the …
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In the dark of a June evening, Christopher Heckscher stood in the black mud of a New Jersey bog, alert to any flicker of light. He is an explorer, though this wilderness lies in one of the most densely populated regions of the United States: the Northeast megalopolis. And now, as pale stars appeared from …