Intermittent fasting can help manage metabolic disease
Eating your daily calories within a consistent window of 8-10 hours is a powerful strategy to prevent and manage chronic diseases.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
New AI software can tell you where to apply makeup to fool facial recognition
Researchers have found a way to thwart facial recognition cameras using certain software-generated patterns and natural makeup techniques
Joseph Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
The cane-mounted sensor that helps visually-impaired people avoid outdoor obstacles
For the hundreds of thousands of blind people in France, moving around in an urban environment can be synonymous with falls and stress.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
A new method for removing lead from drinking water
Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
Love hormone Oxytocin delivered in a nasal spray could help fight obesity, study shows
The brain chemical oxytocin appears to make people feel full and reduce overeating. Can it encourage weight loss?
Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
Regular exercise may lower risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%
A new study suggests that those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 8, 2021
Mad inventor just wants to bring more joy to the world
Allan Carver has created everything from a rideable electric witches broom to a realistic replica of a TIE fighter from Star Wars.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2021
Researchers uncover the key to sustaining your exercise activity
When people set their own exercise goals – and then pursue them immediately – it’s more likely to result in lasting positive changes
Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2021
Science and student payloads to fly aboard NASA's next scientific balloons mission
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's 2021 fall campaign is now underway in New Mexico, launching the first three of eight missions in August
Joshua Shavit
Sep 7, 2021
Meet the fish guarding genetic secrets that can unravel humanity’s evolution
As we live and breathe, ancient-looking fish known as bowfin are guarding genetic secrets that that can help unravel humanity’s evolution
Joshua Shavit
Sep 6, 2021
People look alike if we think they have similar personalities, new study finds
Do Vladimir Putin and Justin Bieber look alike? They do if you think they have similar personalities, shows a new study by psychologists.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 6, 2021
Turning cameras off during virtual meetings can reduce fatigue
More than a year after the pandemic resulted in many employees shifting to remote work, virtual meetings have become a familiar part of life
Joseph Shavit
Sep 4, 2021
Is Transparent Wood the Window to the Future
Could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? Trees replacing the clear pane glass in your windows is happening now.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2021
The first academic research paper to be co-published on Instagram shows Nigerian artist's legacy
First academic research paper co-published on Instagram shows legacy of one of Algeria’s most influential modern artists
Joseph Shavit
Jul 19, 2021
A 3D-printed soft robotic hand that can play Nintendo
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland has 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo's Super Mario
Joseph Shavit
Jul 19, 2021
Study finds women can predict a man's attitude toward casual sexual relationships based on his face
A pair of researchers at Macquarie University has found that women are able to accurately gauge a man's interest in casual sexual relations
Joseph Shavit
Jul 19, 2021
Your odds of living past your 110th birthday are on the rise
The number of people who live past the age of 100 has been on the rise for decades, up to nearly half a million people worldwide.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 13, 2021
The World's Largest Astronomy Museum Opens This Month in Shanghai
Spanning 420,000-square-feet, the expansive facility in the city's Pudong district, is the largest astronomy (only) museum in the world.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 11, 2021
OLED lights are shown to be much healthier for people before bed
Researchers found that exposure to specific types of light before sleep can have variable effects on energy metabolism during sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 3, 2021
Eating vegetables can improve your mood and stamina
In 1940, when Franklin Roosevelt said, "Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people," science...
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