How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that the ...

Protests happened in Boston, Providence, Concord, N.H., and elsewhere in New England as part of a day of nationwide protests.

A team of scientists found a human footprint that was more than 15,000 years old and challenged the timeline of human ...

While hands are famously tricky to master, a few pro tips and sketching techniques can help you capture them with confidence.

Daniel Taylor spent decades solving the mystery of the yeti, the hairy, Himalayan cryptid. Following its giant footsteps also ...

How it's made The hand features 'Multiple Muscle Tissue Actuators' (MuMuTAs), thin strands of lab-grown human muscle tissue rolled into bundles resembling sushi rolls. These MuMuTAs act as ...

Brady was asked if his football ability had anything to do with it. He held up his right throwing hand to show how damaged it had become after playing 23 seasons in the NFL. “These hands got ...

The new hybrid robotic hand blends soft and rigid parts with touch-sensitive technology, allowing for precise and flexible object handling. Credit: Sriramana Sankar / Johns Hopkins University.

Takeuchi led a research team that built a full-size, 18 centimeter-long biohybrid human-like hand with all five fingers driven by lab-grown human muscles. Out of all the roadblocks that keep us ...

This paper proposes an innovative human in-hand motion (HIM) recognition system that leverages SEMG signals to identify 10 self-defined in-hand operations.Firstly, acknowledging that conventional ...

Paris (AFP) – Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the human family who lived more than 1.1 ...

Scientists have put a face, but not an official name, to the earliest human ancestor ever found in Western Europe. This recently discovered hominin is a "new actor in the story of human evolution," ...