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"I have always emphasized the willingness to discard," says psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman.
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Experts filter out reasons to choose one brewing device over another.
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Researchers turned tiny water droplets into cooperative networks that can change shape and pass electrical signals.
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Researchers turned tiny water droplets into cooperative networks that can change shape and pass electrical signals.
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Researchers turned tiny water droplets into cooperative networks that can change shape and pass electrical signals.
Many mammals have whiskers but not all whisk. Cats don't. Rats do. To whisk, rats use special muscles in their face to brush their whiskers against an object. From the bending bristles, rats seem to be able to decode an object's shape and texture and Mitra Hartmann wants to understand how.