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The first-ever 3D printed titanium chest implant was a success
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Scientists Manipulate Common Plants to Produce Cancer Drugs
Stanford researchers have figured out how to transfer a rare plant’s chemical “assembly line” into a cheap, common lab plant
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Six Ways Schools Are Using Neuroscience to Help Kids Learn
Schools around the world are incorporating neuroscience research into the school day, to help kids with dyslexia and to teach complex math skills
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The Smithsonian Spotlights American Invention at This Weekend’s Innovation Festival
Universities, federal agencies, companies and independent inventors will give visitors a glimpse of the future
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Inventor Joe Woodland drew the first bar code in sand in Miami Beach, decades before technology could bring his vision to life
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This Interactive Installation Rains a Poem Down on Viewers
Artists Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv wrote the software that drives an artwork, in which onlookers catch letters falling on a large screen
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This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered
Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a “Library” of Babel
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The Theory of Relativity, Then and Now
Albert Einstein’s breakthrough from a century ago was out of this world. Now it seems surprisingly down-to-earth
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Six Ways Electrical Brain Stimulation Could Be Used in the Future
Scientists are exploring how mild electrical shocks can treat, and perhaps even change, brains
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The Unknown Designer of the First Home Pregnancy Test Is Finally Getting Her Due
Margaret Crane says it was a simple idea, but it met with enormous push back
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How India Is Teaching 300 Million Kids to Be Environmentalists
In an enormous undertaking, schoolchildren nationwide are learning about climate change and the environment
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This Skateboard-Like Device Helps At-Risk Infants Learn to Crawl
An innovative physical therapy device boosts babies’ movement efforts and helps their brains make critical connections
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This Song Is Composed From 133 Years of Climate Change Data
Daniel Crawford, a senior at the University of Minnesota, has written music for a string quartet that traces rising temperatures since the 1880s
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Meet the 13-Year-Old Who Invented a Low-Cost Braille Printer
One California teen has a vision to make Braille materials more widely available—and more affordable
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The Future of Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants
Could a genetically engineered pig heart one day function in a person?
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Can Cypress Trees Help Suppress Wildfires?
Researchers in Italy and Spain suspect that cypress tree barriers could diffuse forest fires
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Using Kirigami, the Japanese Art of Paper Cutting, to Build Better Solar Panels
Researchers have used the art technique to make light panels that twist to follow the sun
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How Is Brain Surgery Like Flying? Put On a Headset to Find Out
A device made for gaming helps brain surgeons plan and execute delicate surgeries with extreme precision
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This Exoskeleton Is Actually Controlled by the Wearer’s Thoughts
Engineer Jose Contreras-Vidal’s “brain-machine interface” uses electrical activity in a person’s brain to move a robotic exoskeleton
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A New Efficient Filter Helps Astronauts Drink Their Own Urine
Recycling water is key to getting humans to Mars
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