Recognizing Faces
What do we know about how people recognize faces? Catherine Stamoulis, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, answers the question on this edition of “Ask a Scientist.”
Eye Witness Testimony
What could make eyewitness testimony more accurate and helpful? Margaret Bull Kovera, presidential scholar and professor of psychology at John Jay College at City University of New York, answers the […]
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Spiders are doing a lot more than getting washed down spouts these days. With a little help from the National Science Foundation, spiders have presented exciting ways to improve people’s […]
Science360: Episode 31
Science Nation takes a dynamic, engaging look at the breakthroughs and the possibilities for new NSF-funded discoveries about our planet, our universe and ourselves.
Science360: Episode 34
Science Nation takes a dynamic, engaging look at the breakthroughs and the possibilities for new NSF-funded discoveries about our planet, our universe and ourselves.
Science360: Episode 32
Science Nation takes a dynamic, engaging look at the breakthroughs and the possibilities for new NSF-funded discoveries about our planet, our universe and ourselves.
Weekly Discoveries – Episode 8
Something special in seal blood; a whole new angle on prosthetic ankles; a nanotech inspiration from single-celled architects; and sure, there may be “gold in them thar hills,” but there’s […]
4 Discoveries You Didn’t Hear About – Ep 9
A new target for antibiotics, a dodecahedron device for the deep sea, electronic stickers to scale up the Internet of Things, and self-fertilizing bacteria with rhythm. It’s your weekly briefing […]
Face Blindness Study
Behavioral and brain imaging data reveal new details about how facial recognition works in the brain.
Careful, it’s hot, hot hot!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we discover how dangerously hot cars can get in the summer sun, new strategies for learning math; and finally, we explore how […]