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Quadriplegic uses her mind to control her robotic arm.
DARPA robot can traverse an obstacle course.
Genetically modified silk is stronger than steel.
DNA was photographed for the f...
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Albinoism in Animals
Albino Sea Turtles
Albino Koala
Onya-Birri, the only albino koala to be found in captivity born on September 1 1977. His name means ”Ghost Boy” in Australia’s aboriginal language.
Albino Cobra
Despite their lack of pigment their poison is just as toxic as regular cobras.
A...
A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
"I hate science." In six years of graduate school, this has to be the phrase I’ve heard most frequently from my colleagues.
People who have dedicated their lives to science.
People who made a decision when they were about 16 years old to focus on science, who went through four years of under...
“[Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Michael] Yassa’s research team gave people 100 to 300 milligrams of caffeine after looking at some image...”
“Without [mental time travel], there would be no planning, no building, no culture; without an imagined picture of the future, our civilizati...”
Good definition of science fiction: “No, it doesn’t make sense, but it’s internally consistent in the lack of sense it’s making.”
- Science nerd:E=MC^2
- Music nerd:E=Fb
SCIENCE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Help! The Los Angeles Science Fair is being cancelled just three weeks before the event due to insufficient funding.
Over 4,000 students have been working diligently since July to compete in this science fair. They are not able to compete in any other counties and will not be able to compete region...
“The brain’s impressively accurate internal clock allows us to detect the passage of time, a skill essential for many critical daily function...”