What are ‘iron lungs’, and could this old tech still be useful today?
Although the technology is old, it can learn new tricks and still serve us well.
Tag: breathing
Mosquitoes hunt first by smell, then by eyesight
They track the CO2 you breathe out.
Mistletoe exhibits unique, stunning biological property
Mistletoe really is a strange one.
This is how the brain makes you sigh every 5 minutes
Sighing is a fundamental biological reflex that's a lot more important than most people care to think. We don't just ...
Brilliant GIF shows how Humans, Birds and Insects Breathe
Three different ways to breathe: Mammals, birds and insects breathe in different ways, as exemplified above. Humans, as mammals, inhale ...