Category: Science
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This Biofabric From MIT Uses Bacteria to Automatically Ventilate Workout Clothes
Most of the things we encounter in daily life are extremely static, or at least unresponsive, compared to the way living things work. That’s true for clothes: You put them on, they stay on, and if you want them to change you unzip zippers or undo buttons. But a new class of workout clothing leverages…
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The woman who is allergic to water
Rachel wakes up – and drinks a kind of poison that feels like a glass of stinging nettles. As it slips downs her throat, she can feel it blistering her skin, leaving a trail of red, itchy welts behind. Later that day, scorching drops of the stuff start falling from the sky. At the local…
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An Engineer’s Hypothesis On The Current Stir From The Rio Pool
Yet another new theory has surfaced that suggests the structure of the Olympic swimming pool may have given some swimmers advantages in Rio. According to Timothy Wei, a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the strange swim time trends could have been caused by wave patterns created by the motion…
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Is It OK To Pee In The Pool?
Our pools are full of disinfectant chemicals that keep then free of microorganisms, but what you might not realize is that those same chemicals are interacting with, well, you. Today we’re talking poolchem, and we’re going to answer that age old question that’s been pondered in the back of every deep end swimmer’s mind –…
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Physical Activity Boosts Kids’ Brain Power And Academic Prowess
Exercise boosts kids’ and young people’s brain power and academic prowess, says a consensus statement on physical activity in schools and during leisure time, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Time taken away from lessons for physical activity is time well spent and does not come at the cost of getting good…
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Physical Exercise Four Hours after Learning Improves Long-Term Memory, Study Shows
A new study in the journal Current Biology shows that physical exercise after learning improves memory and memory traces, but only if the exercise is done in a specific time window and not immediately after learning. “It shows that we can improve memory consolidation by doing sports after learning,†said study corresponding author Dr. Guillén…
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Pool Fire vs Liquid Nitrogen
I pour Liquid Nitrogen, Diethyl Ether, and Dry Ice into my pool! Can liquid nitrogen put out a fire? what about dry ice? Diethyl ether is one of the most flammable solvents around! Via Hyper
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Swimming lessons help with childrens’ maths results, study finds
Swimming classes help middle class children boost their maths grades, a study by UCL has revealed. Children who take part in organised sports and physical activitieswere one and a half times more likely to reach higher than expected grades in their maths test at the end primary school at age 11, it found. Researchers claimed that the sense…