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In the episode of MBC’s popular entertainment program “Infinite Challenge,” Park Myung-soo takes a part-time job washing the windows of Building 63, and explains how biomimetic robots that mimic the characteristics of cockroaches and geckos could take over this task.   In the “Extreme Part-Time Job” episode of MBC’s popular entertainment program...

This article explains the formation and characteristics of different deserts, including the difference between tropical and temperate deserts, how desert ecosystems adapt, and how humans utilize them.   Are all deserts barren wastelands with hot, blowing sandstorms? While some deserts are tropical, there are also temperate deserts that have hot summers and cold winters, such as those found...

A work of art is not a fixed object waiting to be accepted by the viewer, but a living entity that is constantly reinterpreted and creates new meanings in the context of its creator and its time and culture.   Instead of saying that we appreciate a work of art, we often say that we enjoy it, or that we appreciate it. To enjoy or appreciate a work of art means to derive pleasure from it or to...

This article discusses the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain altruistic behavior, particularly the eusocial species hypothesis, and compares the limitations of the different hypotheses.   Altruistic behavior is defined as the act of helping others, even at the risk of harm to oneself. Common sense tells us that it is not easy to understand why anyone would voluntarily do...

Interaction analysis analyzes the communication that occurs in human relationships based on ego states, which can help individuals become aware of their own behaviors and attitudes and improve their interactions with others to achieve better communication.   Interaction analysis is the analysis of communication in human relationships based on the concept of ego states. In other words...

This article explains how life develops from a fertilized egg, and in particular, how the gray matter plays an important role in early development.   Even complex organisms like humans begin as a single fertilized egg. As life progresses from simple to complex, it starts with a fertilized egg and goes through the stages of cell proliferation, differentiation, and morphogenesis. This process...

The Department of Materials Engineering studies the properties of various materials and explores how to apply them in real life. Students study physical chemistry, introductory mechanics, modern physics, and more, and conduct research in various fields such as inorganic semiconductors, biomaterials, and organic semiconductors to lead technological innovation.   What objects are around you...

This article explains how infrared sensors work and the role of materials science in making them possible, and discusses the properties of superconducting materials and their various applications.   It’s a dark and narrow room, but there’s always a good friend waiting for you with a bright smile that helps you not to stumble in this dark room. This friend is called an infrared...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technology that enables a wide variety of objects to be networked together to share information and have automated systems, which can greatly improve convenience and efficiency in homes and industries.   We all remember reading in our school textbooks as children that it will soon be possible to turn off the lights we leave on when we rush out the door, or...

This article explains the main branches of mechanics in mechanical engineering: thermodynamics, solid mechanics, dynamics, and fluid mechanics, and how these principles are applied through real-life examples such as automobiles.   “You sound like you know” and “you look like you know” are two phrases that we have all heard around us and experienced in our lives. I...