When temperatures drop in Houston, even flamingos feel the chill. At the Houston Zoo, colder months can leave the tropical birds standing on cold sand, an issue that has traditionally been addressed with electric space heaters. But those systems come with drawbacks: They’re energy-intensive and pose potential fire and electrical hazards in an open habitat filled with animals. A team of Rice University undergraduates set out to find a better solution.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced that it has developed an ultra-lightweight wearable assistive device based on a tensegrity structure to help the physical activities of the elderly, rehabilitation patients, and workers, and confirmed the effect of improving physical functions through clinical trials.

Birders and wildlife lovers will now be able to see a nesting pair of peregrine falcons at the top of the University of Birmingham's Joseph Chamberlin Memorial Clock Tower, affectionately known as Old Joe, in close detail, thanks to a new nest box livestream.