(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Once more, with feeling
An artificial hand that provides sensations to its user
ONE of the few upsides of war is that it often gives technology a boost. A notable beneficiary of this is the science of prosthetic limbs. The various conflicts of the past decade have produ...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Church in Wales votes Yes to women bishops
Bishop of Bangor: 'I’m absolutely over the moon. This is a real step forward for the Church in Wales'
Women will be allowed to become bishops in the Church in Wales following a landmark vote
The bill, tabled...
(UFU - 2014 - meio do ano)
Fido Has a Drinking Problem
By Victoria Bekiempis
On a recent weekend at Miami's storied Biltmore Coral Gables - a landmarked luxury resort that, in online promotional materials, boasts of "hand-painted frescos on barrel-vaulted ceilings, brilliant traver...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Loneliness twice as unhealthy as obesity for older people, study finds
Scientists found that the loneliest were nearly twice as likely to die during their six-year study than the least lonely
By Ian Sample
Loneliness can be twice as unhealthy as obesity,...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Why we are losing the battle to save wildlife
The first ever World Wildlife Day this week provided few reasons to celebrate. What’s going wrong?
By Paula Kahumbu
Last year the UN General Assembly voted to declare March 3rd World Wildlife Day, “to celebr...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
By Thomas Edison´s own account he was good for four, maybe five hours a night. When asked once if he was afraid of anything, Thomas Edison replied "I am afraid of the dark." He died with all the lights burning in his New Jersey home.
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(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
81% of adults take their mobile or tablet to bed and are prepared to work well past lights out. “Treat the bedroom as a technology black zone”, says Duwe. For a week, ban anything made after 1900 from the boudoir – that´s goodbye to tablets and TVs a...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Researchers have created a wearable device that is as thin as a temporary tattoo and can store and transmit data about a person’s movements, receive diagnostic information and release drugs into skin.
Similar efforts to develop ‘electronic skin’ abound, b...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Evolutionary biologist Jim McGuire of the University of California, Berkeley, and his collaborators have found that although some hummingbird groups have saturated the available space in their environments, others are still developing into new species at an extraordinary ra...
(UFU 2014 - meio do ano)
Stress doesn´t affect your life span – but how you feel about it does. Researchers in Michigan asked 30,000 people to rate their stress level and how much they believed it impaired their health. Those who felt it was harmful were 43% more likely to die in the st...