Psychology is currently in the midst of a kind of civil war, with one side claiming a widespread reproducibility crisis, and the other just as loudly proclaiming that concerns are greatly exaggerated
Step aside lizards, looks like we have a new animal overlord.
A new study suggests that teenagers make better food choices if they regard eating healthily as an act of defiance.
Instead of just working on improving what 3D printers are capable of, researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut are also finding ways to make everyday objects more 3D printer-friendly.
Finally something that can work out what my wife is thinking.
New research suggests that Kent’s trademark glasses actually might work as a disguise—at least around people who don’t know him well.
98 per cent of existing pesticides don't even end up on the plants, so this is a much more efficient way of doing things.
Thanks to MIT, the next time you go camping you might be able to leave the stove and matches at home.
Researchers at MIT have come up with a way to boost wireless network speeds by cleverly coordinating multiple routers.
You’re probably already overly anxious about protecting your identity online, but researchers at the University College London don’t feel that’s enough to worry about. So they’ve developed new software that can perfectly replicate anyone’s handwriting — dead or alive — making it easy to forge signatures and notes. Read more >>
But maybe not in the way you think.
Researchers at University College London have created an algorithm that analyses handwritten text and is able to copy that style with any combination of words.
A new technology called DuoSkin, developed by MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research, allows anyone to create customised gold metal leaf print tattoos that can be worn directly on the skin.
The prototype takes advantage of the metal probes that are used to deliver the actual shock. Functionally, they work very similar to the probes used by doctors to capture a patient’s electrocardiogram.
Researchers think they've cracked one way of storing more power in the same amount of space.
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