Category Archives: Mind & Body

Move and This Interface Will Adjust Its 3D Form Accordingly

Tangible Media Group In a world where we’re being conditioned to touch screens, a team [...]

Should We Use Body Painting to Teach Anatomy?

© Danny Quirk There are tribal tattoos, photorealistic tattoos, celtic tattoos and biomechanical tattoos. Then, [...]

How Growing Up in Poverty May Affect a Child’s Developing Brain

A mounting body of research shows that the circumstances and chronic stresses of poverty interrupt [...]

Art Chronicles Glaciers As They Disappear

Resurrection Bay, Alaska (1939), by Rockwell Kent Feedloader (Limelight Networks) In a courtyard outside the [...]

Why Brain Size Doesn’t Correlate With Intelligence

Jacqui Oakley You are a child who grew up. The inevitability of a child’s growth [...]

Electronics That Can Melt in Your Body Could Change the World of Medicine

Timothy Archibald Conventional wisdom has it that electronics and water don’t mix: You know this [...]

The Toxins That Affected Your Great-Grandparents Could Be In Your Genes

Brian Smale Michael Skinner’s biggest discovery began, as often happens in science stories like this [...]

Scientists Just Sequenced the DNA From A 400,000-Year-Old Early Human

One of the ancient human fossils found in Spain’s La Sima de los Huesos.  Photo [...]

This is What Happens When You Ask Scientists to Explain Their PhDs in Dance

Using interpretive dance, Cedric Tan, a biologist at the University of Oxford, explains his PhD [...]

It’s a Myth: There’s No Evidence That Coffee Stunts Kids’ Growth

Image via nicholasjon Many parents, on special occasions, let their children drink Coke, Pepsi, or [...]

The Coolest Science of 2013, in GIFs

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a GIF is easily worth a million. The [...]

Five Reasons Why You Should Probably Stop Using Antibacterial Soap

Via trekkyandy A few weeks ago, the FDA announced a bold new position on antibacterial [...]

See the Inner Anatomy of Barbie, Mario and Mickey Mouse—Bones, Guts and All

/ Barbie. Photo by Jason Freeny / Lego men. Photo by Jason Freeny / Mario. [...]

Adermatoglyphia: The Genetic Disorder Of People Born Without Fingerprints

The finger pads of a person with adermatoglyphia are entirely smooth. Photo by Sprecher et. [...]

Are You Ready For Protein Bars Made From Crickets?

There are 40 ground-up crickets in every bar. Photo courtesy of Exo Nothing like chomping [...]