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A screengrab from "Breakthrough: A Re-Sounding Remedy" showing a new technique to improve cochlear implants.
Health
These cochlear implants can break the silence for people with hearing loss
People in Brazil who earn their living by collecting and sorting garbage and selling them for recycling Marcello Casal Jr./Agência Brasil
Lifestyle
Here are all your burning questions about recycling, answered
Arts
What can we learn from obsolete medical equipment — or is it pure quackery?
Squirrel monkey
Health
A cure for ‘colorblindness’ may be in sight
Take the Science Friday Lollipop Challenge!
Silkworms close-up
Technology
Silk, nature’s miracle, new material for state-of-the-art medical devices
Development
Babies don’t learn to fear heights the way we’ve long thought they do
Science Friday Introduces New Video Series, The Macroscope
A badminton shuttlecock, or birdie, is designed to always fly nose first and slow down after its hit.
Sports
The world’s fastest sport isn’t the one you’re thinking of
In an experiment that explored the fluid physics of foam, Guinness emerged the clear winner as the beer least likely to spill when jostled.
Science
The marvelously stabilizing power of beer foam
Technology
Virtual reality devices are getting pretty damn close to reality
Environment
The tiny nautilus may help illuminate the history of brain development
Environment
There’s a new weapon in the battle against wildfires — goats
Environment
The taste of your wine is really in your nose