Ever watched a kids’ movie where the animated human characters are realistic but just not quite right and maybe a bit creepy? Then you’ve probably been a visitor to what’s called the “uncanny valley.” The uncanny valley effect was poorly understood, but new MRI brain scans help explain why we feel repulsed when confronted with […]
A newly discovered microorganism that lives in the open ocean is able to “fix” nitrogen but does not rely on photosynthesis for energy, forcing scientists to revise their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. Researcher Jonathan Zehr, a marine scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, describes the organism as […]
