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  • 5 days ago | snexplores.org | Maria Temming

    2-D: Short for two-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something in a flat world, meaning it has features that can be described in only two dimensions — width and length. 3-D: Short for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something that has features that can be described in three dimensions — height, width and length. engineer: A person who uses science and math to solve problems.

  • 1 week ago | snexplores.org | Maria Temming

    antibodies: Any of a large number of proteins that the body produces from B cells and releases into the blood supply as part of its immune response. The production of antibodies is triggered when the body encounters an antigen, some foreign material. Antibodies then lock onto antigens as a first step in disabling the germs or other foreign substances that were the source of those antigens. engineer: A person who uses science and math to solve problems.

  • 1 week ago | snexplores.org | Maria Temming |JoAnna Wendel |Joanna Wendel

    cognition: The mental processes of thought, remembering, learning information and interpreting those data that the senses send to the brain. cognitive: A term that relates to mental activities, such as thinking, learning, remembering and solving puzzles. colleague: Someone who works with another; a co-worker or team member. dolphins: A highly intelligent group of marine mammals that belong to the toothed-whale family.

  • 3 weeks ago | snexplores.org | Maria Temming

    acceleration: A change in the speed or direction of some object. catapult: A device for throwing or flinging something into the air. fused: An adjective for something that has features that have been joined or merged together into a single thing. gravity: The force that attracts anything with mass, or bulk, toward any other thing with mass. The more mass that something has, the greater its gravity.

  • 1 month ago | sciencenews.org | Maria Temming

    Floating displays you can reach into and manipulate, like the ones Tony Stark uses to design his super suits in the Iron Man movies, are one step closer to reality. A new device renders 3-D graphics that users can grab, drag and rotate. Such interactive visuals — which can be seen without a VR headset — could help create new hands-on educational tools or museum exhibits. They might also be used to make 3-D artwork or video games.