This is no way to give medicines, especially to children. This tableware spoon is too imprecise to measure out liquids accurately.
Math & Technology
Topic Image Rail
A car with self-driving technology sits at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Driverless cars will need to be programmed to handle emergency situations, but surveys find people have conflicting opinions on whether automated vehicles should protect pedestrians or passengers.
Flexible, see-through mesh of metal-covered plastic fibers (circled at left) conducts electricity and could be used in medical sensors as well as many electronic devices. Glowing LEDs (fingers at right) show the mesh is conducting electricity from the red and black clips on either side of the mesh.
Math & Technology
-
Explainer: Correlation, causation, coincidence and more
Don’t jump to conclusions from statistics unless you understand correlation, causation, coincidence and confounding factors.Science in Hollywood
Audiences are getting smarter, so the makers of movies, TV shows and video games are responding by enlisting scientists to make everything on screen appear even more authentic. -
“Couch potatoes” tend to be TV-energy hogs
Many government programs urge people to save electricity by using more efficient TVs. Here’s why these programs should target “couch potatoes.”DNA can now store images, video and other types of data
Tiny test tubes might one day replace sprawling data-storage centers, thanks to a new way to encode and retrieve information on strands of synthetic DNA. -
Moral dilemma could limit appeal of driverless cars
Driverless cars will have to be programmed to decide who to save in emergencies — passengers or pedestrians. Many people aren’t yet sure they are ready to choose cars that make the most moral decision.Clear, stretchy sensor could lead to wearable electronics
Researchers have combined plastics and metal to make a transparent, stretchable sensor. It could soon find use in touchscreens, wearable electronics and more. -
Tiny microrobots team up and move full-size car
Researchers have just created robots that mimic the ability of ants to move super-large objects.Lost in the woods? A drone may find you
Scientists developed a new method to give drones the skills to follow hiking trails in search of lost hikers.
From the SSP Newsroom
Science News
Loading...
Science News for Students
Loading...
Eureka! Lab
Loading...