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We talk to a CEO making prostheses from plastic bottles, a lawyer fighting international copyrights for disability accommodations and a PhD student working on augmented reality lenses for NASA’s astronauts that could one day help blind people.
Autism prevalence, which has historically been higher among white children, is now more common among black youth in most states and climbing faster among Hispanic youth than any other groups.
Journalism is changing. Print is struggling. Digital media is thriving. That’s changing how journalists make money and how the public trusts in the fourth estate.
On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we look at how scientists and health professionals are thinking about concussions as the football season approaches.
Tornadoes, floods, fires and more affect 160 million people per year worldwide. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, what science is doing to help people and their property survive.
Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one? According to new research, the answer is yes.
On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we’re following news of a mobile app getting access to images of your face and more.
Children whose mothers lack a college education are significantly more likely to die young, particularly from unintentional injuries, according to a sweeping new CU Boulder study of more than 377,000 youth.
What does it really mean to be a man or a woman? How that simple question has complicated consequences in sports, politics and language on this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.
Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food to sustain its estimated population numbers.