Richard Edwards, the nation’s third double hand transplant recipient, can wiggle his fingers and says he feels “fantastic.”…[...] Click below to read the full story from the source… Double Hand Transplant Patient Moves His Fingers

Unlike infectious diseases and news, behavior change spreads faster through online networks that have many close connections instead of many distant ties. Redundancy is key, as people are more likely to engage in a behavior if they see many others doing it. “There has been a lot of theory about the difference between information and [...]

Roman racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, an illiterate charioteer, earned the modern equal of $15 billion.[...] Click below to read the full story from the source… Highest-Paid Athlete Ever? A Charioteer

A researcher looks to plant photosynthesis as inspiration to harness the power of the sun.[...] Click below to read the full story from the source… Nature Offers Template for Solar Energy Materials

String theory has finally made a prediction that can be tested with experiments — but in a completely unexpected realm of physics. The theory has long been touted as the best hope for a unified “theory of everything,” bringing together the physics of the vanishingly small and the mindbendingly large. But it has also been [...]