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Define Your Philosophy

Have you ever thought to examine the advantages and disadvantages of your personal philosophy? The way you view yourself and the world around you could be holding you back from achieving your goals in life. At the same time, you are capable of changing and even designing your own philosophy into a p

How can temperature be defined?

Atoms and molecules are always in motion. Temperature reflects how intensely they move. The faster they move, the hotter it gets, and vice versa, right down to absolute zero, where everything stops. To define temperature, there are different scales. Authors: ZDF/TerraX plus/Bilderfest/Paul Grumer/M

NOVA scienceNOW: What Will the Future Be Like? | Wearable Robots

Learn about in advances in powered exoskeletons—a kind of wearable robot—in this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores the development of sophisticated robots that can be integrated with the human body. The company Ekso Bionics

Making Boats Fly

Learn how advances in technology allow boats to go faster than ever before in this video from NOVA: “Making Stuff Faster.” Host and technology columnist David Pogue examines two factors that limit speed—energy and resistance—and describes how Oracle Team USA maximizes the speed of its boat. Instead

Wild-Inspired Robotic Arms

Learn how one company took inspiration from nature to reinvent the robotic arm in this video excerpted from NOVA: “Making Stuff Wilder.” Host and technology columnist David Pogue meets with engineer Heinrich Frontzek to find out about the Bionic Handling Assistant—a machine modeled after an elephant