Sally Adee
Independent Science Writer and Editor at IEEE Spectrum
science & tech journalist ~ author of We Are Electric @canongatebooks @hachetteUS https://t.co/N56gW0mkI7 @canongatebooks @HachetteUS
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2 weeks ago |
newscientist.com | Sally Adee
How does our brain, which is capable of generating complex thought, actions and even self-reflection, grow out of essentially nothing? An experiment in tadpoles, where an electronic implant was incorporated into a precursor of their brain at the earliest embryonic stage, may have edged us closer to answering this question. Past attempts to peer into neurodevelopmental processes relied on tools like functional magnetic resonance imaging or hard electrode wires stuck into the brain.
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1 month ago |
nybooks.com | Nettie Jones |Sally Adee |Benjamin Nathans |Andrey Platonov
Can the Church Evolve? The big question for Pope Leo XIV is whether he will complete Pope Francis’s mission to make the Catholic Church less tyrannical.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
noemamag.com | Sally Adee
Credits Sally Adee is an author and freelance science writer living in London. Her book, “We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds,” was published in 2023. Photographs courtesy of the Eden Project. From a snarl of roots that grip dry, shallow soil, the knobbly trunk of an ancient olive tree twisted into a surprisingly lush crown of dense, silvery-green leaves.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
spectrum.ieee.org | Sally Adee
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil. Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots. It is microscopic, but it’s not alone. By the thousands, the creatures converge, slithering through the waterlogged soil, propelled by their flagella.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
spectrum.ieee.org | Sally Adee
Over the past 20 years, technological advances have enabled inventors to go from strength to strength. And yet, according to the legendary inventor Dean Kamen, innovation has stalled. Kamen made a name for himself with inventions including the first portable insulin pump for diabetics, an advanced wheelchair that can climb steps, and the Segway mobility device. Here, he talks about his plan for enabling innovators. How has inventing changed since you started in the 1990s?
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First it was the plants that seemed to be unaccountably smart. Then came the fungi, the bacteria, the paramecia, the cells -- evidence is piling up that things can do brainy things without having brains. But what does it all mean? My latest for @Noema https://t.co/D8U0DNJiwS
RT @IntEngineering: Breakthrough proton battery beats lithium limit, boasts 3,500 charging cycles https://t.co/xApIj5wVcI
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