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Breathing With This Device for 5 Minutes May Lower Blood Pressure as Much as Exercise or Drugs: Study
A five-minute breathing exercise that you can do while watching television can lower your blood pressure as much as medication, according to a new...
Homeless Man With Arthritic Hands Rebuilds His Life After Discovering Keyboard App For Easier Typing
A formerly homeless man with a severely deformed hands has been able to rebuild his life after discovering a new way to communicate, thanks...
No More Pricks: Scientists Are Rolling Out First-of-its-Kind Blood Sugar Test for Pain-Free Delivery to Diabetics
A world-first, pain-free diabetes test could soon be in the hands of consumers following $6.3 million in funding to establish the first manufacturing facility...
Smart Technology is Not Making Us Dumber After All, According to New Study
There are plenty of negatives associated with smart technology—texting and driving or blue light rays inhibiting sleep. But now we can be assured that...
Sweat Could Power Smart Watches and Activity Trackers in the Future – Researchers Develop New Technology
Wearable electronic devices are great tools for health monitoring, but it has been difficult to find convenient power sources for them.
Now, a group of...
Honda is Designing an Ingenious In-Shoe Navigation System For The Visually Impaired
Honda is developing a in-shoe navigation system to support the visually impaired with walking, and it could be a game-changer.
The Ashirase is a navigation...
Man Who’s Able to Talk Backwards Stuns Strangers on the Street (WATCH)
John Austin has been delighting people his whole life with a talent for talking backward.
Since the age of five, when he accidentally played the...
Battery Parts Can Be Recycled Without Crushing or Melting, Saving Valuable Raw Materials
Researchers in Finland have discovered that electrodes in lithium batteries containing cobalt can be reused following a special process.
In comparison to traditional recycling, which...
9 Eco Deals For Earth Day – Ways to Treat Yourself and The Planet
First celebrated 51 years ago on April 22nd, Earth Day was a holiday born of civic-mindedness, meant to celebrate nature in all her glorious...
Drop Off Your Old Socks and This Company Will Recycle Them Into Cozy Dog Beds
Smartwool designs base layers, baseball caps, leggings—basically every apparel item you could want for an active day out in nature. But what the Colorado...
This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection
In the country's oldest science fair, 17-year old high schooler Dasia Taylor submitted a surgical suture that changes colors to warn of possible infections.
This...
The Ever-Growing Pile of Electronic Waste is Now On the Decline, Study Finds
A new study has found that the total mass of electronic waste generated by Americans has been declining since 2015.
In an age when most of...
Scientists Achieve Breakthrough, Talking With Lucid Dreamers in Their Sleep—And There’s Now An App For That
Dreams take us to an alternative reality while we're fast asleep. So, you might not expect that a person in the midst of a...
The Internet is Sharing Magical Photos of What Happens When Hot Water Meets Cold Air
Every winter, awesome photos and videos show up on social feeds as people try to make the most of the cold weather—by turning boiling...
New Study Shows Spending a Long Time on Your Phone Isn’t Bad for Your Mental Health
General smartphone usage is a poor predictor of anxiety, depression, or stress say researchers, who advise caution when it comes to digital detoxes.
The study...
A Pandemic of Good News: The Top 50 Positive Stories of 2020
It's truly been a year like no other, yet people around the world have done so much good in 2020.
Scientists have not just been...
New Citizen App Lets Small-Scale Fishermen Catch Illegal Trawlers
If fish stocks off the Ghanaian coast were to collapse, it would put the livelihoods of millions of people at risk, but a new...
While in Lockdown Citizen Scientists are Going Outside Observing Insects, Helping Boost Their Recovery
Since states began to lock down in March, citizen science programs like eBird, NestWatch, and SciStarter have seen dramatic increases in users giving conservationists...
Study Reveals the Perfect Number of Extra Minutes’ Sleep Per Night For Improved Mindfulness
Sleeping an extra 29 minutes each night can be the key to improving mindfulness, a critical resource that has benefits for daily well-being and...
Tiny Stick-on Device Can Monitor Your Sweat and Measure Your Stress
A team from Northwestern University has developed a soft, silicon, skin-interfaced sensor that can analyze the molecular composition of sweat for things like cortisol, blood...