What are the potential health risks of vaping? Please check the Further Information below for links to more information and resources on vaping and e-cigs. And don't forget to join the conversation in the comments. The Risk Bites Team: Andrew Maynard David Faulkner Alyssa Berry Risk Bites is sup
Have you ever caught yourself saying manipulative words? Often, manipulative people don’t realize their own actions. But they will notice friends going distant and relationships being put at risk. So if you’re here, you’re probably experiencing something along those lines and are asking yourself the
Rousseau's philosophy of education is based on the idea that children should develop a strong, virtuous character, the capacity for reason, and a refined sense of feeling. To explain his ideas, Rousseau wrote the book "Emile or On Education". It tells the story of a boy who goes through childhood, a
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In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about polygraph tests and lie detection. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue commits a staged crime and undergoes a polygraph test to find out how it works. Lying can cause stress, which produces common physiological res
In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue learns how cutting an onion triggers chemical reactions that change the properties of the onion. Animations illustrate how enzymes are separated from other molecules inside the cells of an o
In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how scientists are studying basic moral behavior in animals. Correspondent David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist, visits Friederike Range's Clever Dog Lab to find out whether dogs have a sense of fairness. If two dogs are asked to do a tri
In this video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter", host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits Virginia Tech, where scientists are developing an artificial jellyfish that will act as an inconspicuous motion-detecting buoy for the Navy. The jellyfish is propelled by a shap
In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, find out how a paralyzed woman manipulates a robotic arm with her mind to successfully drink from a cup. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores this experiment conducted by the BrainGate research team of doctors, scienti
Learn about in advances in powered exoskeletons—a kind of wearable robot—in this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores the development of sophisticated robots that can be integrated with the human body. The company Ekso Bionics
In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about an area of the brain that is involved with both language processing and the creation of stone tools. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores how tool-making (an ancient human skill that requires complex, seque
How a father treats and relates to his daughter greatly affects how she will grow up to view men in general, how she will expect them to treat her, and what she looks for in a romantic partner. If you feel that your father-daughter relationship leaves a lot to be desired, here are a few tell-tale si
