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Feather-inspired airplane flaps could boost flight performance
Rows of flaps inspired by bird wing feathers improve airfoil performance by boosting lift, reducing drag and mitigating stall.
Machine learning algorithm identifies three unique autism subtypes in males
In a recent study published in Autism Research, researchers discovered three distinct subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in males, each associated with unique brain structure patterns and behavioral traits. These findings suggest that there is considerable diversity in the…
Boeing strike ends after workers vote to accept “life-changing” wage increase
More than 33,000 Boeing workers reached a tentative agreement Monday night to end a weekslong strike that quickly became one of the costliest strikes in recent history—estimated to have cost the US economy more than $9.6 billion. Through their unions,…
Scientists to read Cassius the giant crocodile’s bones to find out exactly how old he was when he died
When Cassius — the world’s largest captive crocodile — died in Australia, his keepers thought he could be over 120 years old. Now, a necropsy could reveal his true age.
Single-dose psilocybin therapy shows promise for veterans with treatment-resistant depression
A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders suggests that a single dose of psilocybin may offer hope for U.S. military veterans facing severe, treatment-resistant depression. Many veterans who had endured years of depression despite numerous treatments showed…
Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline
Metal Slug Tactics pushes hard on the boundaries of the vaunted run-and-gun arcade series. You can run when it’s your character’s turn, but it’s a certain number of tiles. You can gun, but not rapidly, and only after considering the…
Republicans showed more hindsight bias than Democrats for Biden’s win in the 2020 U.S. presidential election
In a study published in Cognition & Emotion, we examined hindsight bias in the context of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. We found that Republicans, who were disappointed by Biden’s victory, showed more hindsight bias than Democrats, who were relatively…
This young engineer built an affordable electronic braille reader
Yash Mehta, 14, got the idea for his first science fair project on a trip to Old Delhi, India. There, he visited a school for blind students. Yash noticed that none of these students used electronic braille readers. They were…
Let’s learn about entanglement
The quantum realm is full of seemingly impossible things. But one of the strangest has to be entanglement. Entanglement is a special way of linking up particles. When two particles become entangled, their features are perfectly in sync. Such features…
