Tardigrades can weather extreme heat, cold and radiation. Now the US military hopes these tiny critters can unlock a way to preserve our crops, medicine, even our skin.
Globe Magazine
The first habitable building heated entirely by the sun was designed by a woman using technology developed by a woman and funded by a woman.
As House Democrats sit down to draft their vision of governance in the coming weeks, lawmakers find themselves badly divided on the issue that delivered their majority.
Study participants had a greater risk of premature death, particularly from cardiovascular disease and to a lesser extent from cancer, the report says.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
More than 3,000 works won Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
MIT researchers say they’ve been able to improve cognitive and memory impairments in mice that had conditions similar to those in people with Alzheimer’s.
Brainiac
For 40 years, computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn’t exist
MIT researchers demonstrate that it’s impossible to find a faster way of computing “edit distance.”
A study suggests that tuning into the sound of your own chewing can help you eat mindfully--and therefore less.
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