Low-cost headsets boost virtual reality’s lab appeal A wave of user-friendly devices is making the technology an attractive research tool. Nature 533 153 doi: 10.1038/533153a Source: Nature News Low-cost headsets boost virtual reality’s lab appeal Nature News
Plate Tectonics – Fine Art of Paleontology.
Airing On Tuesday May 10th 2016 8:00 pm eastern, 7:00 pm central and 5:00 pm pacific Plate Tectonics will be the topic of discussion on Natures Talk Show Fine Art of Paleontology. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided…
Social area of the brain sets threat level of animals
Social area of the brain sets threat level of animals How people perceive an animal’s danger level is encoded in a particular wrinkle of cortex, a brain scan study suggests. Source: Science News Social area of the brain sets threat…
Heartburn drugs can damage cells that line blood vessels
Heartburn drugs can damage cells that line blood vessels A type of heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors may damage cells that line the blood vessels. The results, though controversial, hint at an explanation for PPI’s link to serious side…
Kepler telescope doubles its count of known exoplanets
{$inline_image} Kepler telescope doubles its count of known exoplanets NASA’s Kepler space telescope adds 1,284 planets to the roster of worlds known to orbit other stars in our galaxy. Source: Science News Kepler telescope doubles its count of known exoplanets…
10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.
10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed. This week – after months of negotiation and uncertainty – the Brazilian government, the soy industry and civil society organizations, including Greenpeace, indefinitely renewed an agreement keeping…
Health: Virtual hearts go unbroken(Nature Communications)
Health: Virtual hearts go unbroken(Nature Communications) Source: Nature Asia Health: Virtual hearts go unbroken(Nature Communications) Nature Asia
John Oliver Lashes Out At the Credibility of Misleading Science Studies
John Oliver Lashes Out At the Credibility of Misleading Science Studies John Oliver explains how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information regarding new science studies. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World News John Oliver…
Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Weighs Less Than Half of Today's Atmosphere, Study Shows
Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere Weighs Less Than Half of Today’s Atmosphere, Study Shows A new study suggests that the the ancient atmosphere of Earth was only half as thick as it is today, reversing the commonly accepted idea that the early…
New Record: Chinese Bug Is The World's New Longest Insect
New Record: Chinese Bug Is The World’s New Longest Insect A stick insect discovered in southern China is the world’s new longest insect, measuring almost two feet. The Chinese bug has been named in honor of the scientist that found…
