The SORA-Q robot is a sphere that can split and elongate, allowing it to traverse the moon’s surface. JAXA/TOMY Company/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University hide caption toggle caption JAXA/TOMY Company/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University The SORA-Q robot is a sphere that can split and elongate, allowing it to traverse the moon’s surface.
Tag: Transforming
Startup aims to make lab-grown human eggs, transforming options for creating families
Conception’s chief scientific officer, Pablo Hurtado, examines very early primordial germ cells under a microscope in a company lab in Berkeley, California. Laura Morton for NPR hide caption toggle caption Laura Morton for NPR Conception’s chief scientific officer, Pablo Hurtado, examines very early primordial germ cells under a microscope in
One camp at a time, a Seattle group is transforming its approach to homelessness
JustCARE outreach worker Kendra Tate (left) helps Starr Draper complete paperwork necessary for her to move from a homeless encampment into a temporary home. Katia Riddle for NPR hide caption toggle caption Katia Riddle for NPR JustCARE outreach worker Kendra Tate (left) helps Starr Draper complete paperwork necessary for her
Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy
If the brain is a musical instrument, “the electrophysiology is the music,” says Dr. Alexander Khalessi. New tools to treat epilepsy patients now let doctors “listen to the music a little bit better.” KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra hide caption toggle caption KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/Getty Images/Science Photo
Climate change is transforming the Arctic and Alaska natives are on the frontline
NPR’s A Martinez talks to Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, co-author of a report on Arctic warming, about how the changing climate is impacting Arctic residents in Alaska. Source link
‘Gender Alchemy’ Is Transforming Art for the 21st Century
Organizing a museum survey of feminist art can be as politically fraught as organizing a women’s march, for some of the same reasons. Different women are bound to have different political goals or priorities. There are competing theoretical frameworks, from Marxist feminism, which sees capitalism as the main source of