This fall hasn’t felt much like “back to school” for many children. Instead, many are staying at home and attending virtual classes indefinitely. According to the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a nonpartisan research center, about 25% of U.S. school districts have started the year fully remote. This means that children will miss out on […]
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Going the distance: Brain cells for 3-D vision discovered
In stunning images captured under the microscope for the first time, the neurons were found in praying mantises. The work is published in Nature Communications today. In a specially-designed insect cinema, the mantises were fitted with 3-D glasses and shown 3-D movies of simulated bugs while their brain activity was monitored. When the image of […]