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Teresa Carey is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and producer whose sea-going adventures — from solo ocean voyages to scientific expeditions — spark wonder and champion conservation through the power of story.

Medicine

Stomach implant tells your brain you're not hungry

A tiny implant uses LED light stimulation to stave off hunger, offering a new weight loss option, and gastric bypass alternative, for people suffering from obesity.

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Astronomy

Scientists may have found the hum of the universe

Scientists may have recorded the "hum" of the universe for the first time by measuring irregularities in gravitational waves.

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Aerospace

Tiny satellite uses Earth’s magnetic field to generate thrust

Students are sending a CubeSat to space. The nanosatellite will test a propulsion method that uses Earth's magnetic field to maintain low earth orbit.

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New AI can draw pictures, inching closer to humanlike smarts

OpenAI's two new machine learning algorithms improve computer vision and can use text cues to draw unique and often offbeat images.

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Coronavirus

New COVID-19 treatment uses stem cells

Umbilical cord stem cells may provide life-saving care for people with a serious case of coronavirus.

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Robotics

Robot made of ice can repair and rebuild itself

A team of researchers wants to build robots out of ice and send them to space. The icy bots can use found materials to rebuild themselves.

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Medicine

These brain implants can predict an epileptic seizure days in advance

For the first time, a study has shown that brain activity could be used to forecast the onset of epileptic seizures several days in advance.

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Prosthetics

Quadriplegic man, using two robot arms, can feed himself again

A man paralyzed from the neck down used a brain computer interface to control two robot arms — a big step in the field of mind-controlled prosthetics.

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New optical sensor imitates the human eye

Researchers have created an optical sensor, designed to mimic the human eye. The team says this is a major breakthrough in neuromorphic computing

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CRISPR

CRISPR's big year: top breakthroughs of 2020

2020 was a big year for the gene-editing tool CRISPR. It was used to cure disease, edit DNA in a human's eye, and even gene-edit pigs to grow suitable organs to transplant into humans.

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