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Wild-Inspired Robotic Arms

Learn how one company took inspiration from nature to reinvent the robotic arm in this video excerpted from NOVA: “Making Stuff Wilder.” Host and technology columnist David Pogue meets with engineer Heinrich Frontzek to find out about the Bionic Handling Assistant—a machine modeled after an elephant

How Safe is Graphene?

How safe is graphene when it’s used in face masks and other consumer and professional products? In this episode of Risk Bites, nanotechnology expert Professor Andrew Maynard looks at what’s known about the potential health risks associated with the engineered nanomaterial graphene, and how consume

6 Signs You’re Tired, Not Lazy

There’s actually a lot of overlap between laziness and burnout that can make it difficult to differentiate between the two. Burnout is defined as “a negative state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive stress and an inability to cope with it.” To educate ourselves and bet

Climate factor: the Sun

The earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, so that depending on the distance, cyclical changes in the earth's climate occur. How does the sun influence today's climate change? Author: Von ZDF/Terra X/Story House Productions/Gruppe 5/Luise Wagner, Jonas Sichert, Rudi Kirschen Redub: al

The Humboldt Current

This ocean current transports cold, nutrient-rich deep water from Antarctica northward along the west coast of South America. Every second it moves 15 million cubic meters of water, about 75 million full bathtubs. Author: ZDF/Terra X/R.Marel/S.Hillmann/C.Gerisch/A.Kindler/SpiegelTV/Maximilian Mohr

5 Signs You're Emotionally Distressed

Have you been feeling a bit unlike yourself, yet unsure of what the problem might be? Has it been harder to maintain your routines, keep healthy habits, and connect with loved ones the way you’d hope? If this resonates, there’s a chance you might be coping with some emotional distress that you’re at