The Collective Project: Robert Downey Jr. Delivers a Real Bionic Arm
Robert Downey Jr. and Albert Manero, a #CollectiveProject student who founded Limbitless, surprised a very special child with a new bionic 3D printed arm at no cost to the family. To learn more about Albert and the #CollectiveProject visit: Microsoft Office Tumblr: http://office.tumblr.com Microsoft OneNote Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneNote Microsoft OneNote Twitter: https://twitter.com/msonenote
Your body vs. implants – Kaitlyn Sadtler
Insulin pumps improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes around the world by monitoring blood sugar, delivering insulin, and preventing the need for constant finger-pricking. But there’s a catch: they’re temporary. And it’s not only insulin pumps that have this problem, but all bodily implants. Why is that? Kaitlyn Sadtler details how our […]
Why do you get a fever when you’re sick? – Christian Moro
There are many mysteries around fever, but we do know that all mammals, some birds and even a few invertebrate and plant species feel fever’s heat. It has persisted for over 600 million years of evolution. But it has a significant cost: for every degree increase in temperature, there’s a 12.5% increase in energy required. […]
How do vitamins work? – Ginnie Trinh Nguyen
Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what vitamins are, how they get into our bodies — and why they are so […]
How mucus keeps us healthy – Katharina Ribbeck
Your body produces more than a liter of mucus every day, and when you’re sick, it can be hard to miss. But what exactly is mucus? And what does it do, besides making you miserable? Katharina Ribbeck reveals the mysteries of this transparent, shape-shifting layer that moistens and lubricates the vulnerable parts of our body […]
Cell vs. virus: A battle for health – Shannon Stiles
How does your body fight a virus? Take a look inside your cells to witness how they produce antibodies and fight to keep you healthy.
Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen – Walter R. Tschinkel
Follow a queen fire ant as she builds a colony, protects it from neighboring ant armies and fends off would-be usurpers vying for her throne.
How squids outsmart their predators – Carly Anne York
There are about 500 species of squid, and they live in all the world’s oceans, making them a reliable food source for whales, dolphins, sharks, seabirds, fish – and even other squid. As a result, the squid’s most extraordinary adaptations are those that have evolved to help them thwart these predators. Carly Anne York explains […]
These squids can fly… no, really – Robert Siddall
Dive into the incredible flying capabilities of squids, and how they use flight as a survival tactic.
Using the Sun to Image Alien Planets
A team at NASA’s JPL is proposing a mission that will let us see planets in other solar systems. Bloomberg’s Moonshots talks with the scientist behind what could be the most powerful telescope ever built, with a little help from the sun.
The wondrous life—and death—of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory
If a telescope’s 900-ton platform falls in a forest, it most definitely makes a sound. On 1 December 2020, a monumental collapse at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory unleashed a monstrous roar across the tree-covered karst landscape. In the rubble lay key components of a telescope that had delivered some of the most important scientific discoveries […]
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Propósitos de año nuevo ¿por qué no los cumplimos? – CuriosaMente 261
¿Cómo hacer para que esta vez sí cumplamos los propósitos de año nuevo? La ciencia nos da algunas pistas.