ATLANTA, Ga. — While procrastinating on homework, Seoyoung Jun closed one eye and successfully picked up her pencil holder. She realized that orienting herself in a 3-D space didn’t require both eyes. This surprised her. With research, she learned that the brain can process 3-D information without any vision at all. And […]
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Which Animal Viruses Could Infect People? Computers Are Racing to Find Out.
Colin Carlson, a biologist at Georgetown University, has started to worry about mousepox. The virus, discovered in 1930, spreads among mice, killing them with ruthless efficiency. But scientists have never considered it a potential threat to humans. Now Dr. Carlson, his colleagues and their computers aren’t so sure. Using a […]