By David Hambling The belt has seven vibrating motors to direct the wearerElitac Wearables Dutch soldiers are being kitted out with a belt that allows them to sense the location of waypoints, providing intuitive, hands-free directions. Haptic navigation tools, which guide the wearer through vibration, have been researched as a possible aid for people with…
Minks at a mink farm. Yuri Tutov /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yuri Tutov /AFP via Getty Images Minks at a mink farm. Yuri Tutov /AFP via Getty Images Minks on two fur farms in the Netherlands began getting sick in late April. Some were coughing, with runny noses; others had signs…
In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company’s profits and the lives of some of the world’s most fragile people: preterm infants. The upshot, she wrote in an email: Babies fed rival Mead Johnson Nutrition’s acidified liquid human milk fortifier — a nutritional supplement used in
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same