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The ability to fine-tune a robotic exoskeleton boot while you are walking around could make such devices more affordable and practical Technology 12 October 2022 By Matthew Sparkes [embedded content]…
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Researchers propose that rats with human neurons derived from stem cells implanted into their brains could be used to test new psychiatric drugs Life 12 October 2022 By Jason Arunn…
Over 12,000 genetic variants play a role in height differences among people with European ancestry, though these variants have a much smaller influence in people with other ancestries Humans 12…
Humans have for the first time proven that they can change the path of a massive rock hurtling through space. NASA has announced that the spacecraft it slammed into an…
On a knife-edge ridge on Kauai, a delicate little plant with a tuft of yellow flowers sprouts from the rock. The only sounds are the wind, the murmur of waves…