Science News for Kids » plasticity http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Feeling the invisible http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/feeling-the-invisible/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/feeling-the-invisible/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:51:45 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15743 A rat with an infrared-detecting sensor wired into its brain soon learned that it could find water at a door marked with an invisible infrared light. Credit: Thomson et al., Nature Communications (2013)

Sensor wired into a rat’s brain lets it detect light it can’t see]]> A rat with an infrared-detecting sensor wired into its brain soon learned that it could find water at a door marked with an invisible infrared light. Credit: Thomson et al., Nature Communications (2013)

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