July 29, 2013

DARPA Videos Shows Man Controls Prosthetic with Thoughts alone

In this video, Former Army Staff Sgt. Glen Lehman demonstrates the progress of brain-interfacing prosthetic devices.

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Starts With A Bang

Astronomers just found the smallest galaxy ever

With stars, gas, and dark matter, galaxies come in a great array of sizes. This new one, Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1, is the smallest by far.

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Smart Skills

How curiosity rewires your brain for change

Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.

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Business

The Scott Woody Interview: The pros and cons of being “memoryless”

The cofounder and CEO of red-hot billing platform Metronome unpacks his leadership journey.

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Brian Cox: The incomprehensible scales that rule the Universe

“We are all in orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy. How big is this collection of stars? Somewhere between 200 and 400 billion suns in the Milky Way galaxy, about 100,000 light years across.”

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Starts With A Bang

11 NASA astrophysics missions face risk of cancellation

NASA astrophysics, which gave us Hubble, JWST, and so much more, faces its greatest budget cut in history. All future missions are at risk.

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