Daily Brief for March 19th, 2020

On this day in 1822, Boston is incorporated as a city

"It's like you have a hand again": An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, University of Michigan researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive figer-level control of a robotic hand.

Showing robots how to do your chores
By observing humans, robots learn to perform complex tasks, such as setting a table.

Honeybee dance dialects
Honeybees use their waggle dance to tell their friends where to find food.  Depending on the honeybee species, there are different dances.

Two new shark species have been identified and they look like nothing you've seen before
Scientists have identified two new species of shark that live in the depths of the West Indian ocean.

Before "Baby Shark" made the Hot 100, "Silly Symphonies" were all the rage
Children's music has been part of the music industry since the get go.

Immerse yourself in Jane Goodall's wondrous chimpanzee-filled life
A new multimedia show includes the primatologist's childhood possessions, a 3-D film and a "Chimp Chat" station

You can now download 1,700 free 3-D cultural heritage models
A new Sketchfab collection brings models of fossils, artwork and more into the public domain

Graduate student discovers one of the world's oldest swords in mis-labeled monastery display
At 5,000 years old the weapon predates the era when humans first started using tin to make bronze

Found: Two bombs from 1935 stuck in Hawaii volcano
After 85 years, officials plan to remove the old, undetonated bombs that were part of a 1935 plan to divert lava flow on Mauna Loa

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