NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space. To further these goals, the agency has selected seven studies for additional funding – totaling $5 million – from…
Study: witnessing arrest of father causes stress in children
By Serena Larkin | UW-Madison- About one in 14 young children experience the incarceration of a parent, which increases children's risks of poor developmental and health outcomes. New research published in Developmental Psychobiology finds that…
Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (MIT News office) -- Imagine a robot. Perhaps you’ve just conjured a machine with a rigid, metallic exterior. While robots armored with hard exoskeletons are common, they’re not always ideal. Soft-bodied robots, inspired by…
Italy’s Mount Etna Erupts
One of the world’s most active volcanoes hot-spot Italy’s Mount Etna, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky on February 18, 2021. After Etna’s…
Mystery disease at Sierra Leone chimpanzee sanctuary linked to bacterial infection
By Eric Hamilton In 2005, chimpanzees at the Tacugama chimpanzee sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone, started getting sick. They would stumble, vomit and stop eating. The illness came on quickly; some chimps were found dead before…