This week, a NASA astronaut will ‘test drive’ a new ‘virtual glovebox,’ performing simple scientific manipulations in simulated microgravity. NASA scientists at the Biological Visualization, Imaging ...

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Animals don't experience the world passively. A hawk tilts its head to track prey. A person leans forward to read a sign. Scientists call this "active sensing": moving the body to gather better ...

Virtual reality (VR) is not only a technology for games and entertainment, but also has potential in science and medicine. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have now gained new insights ...

Researchers used artificial intelligence to teach rats how to move objects in virtual reality by simply thinking about where they want them to go. The result is an intriguing type of rat telekinesis ...