Scientists Create First 'Living Machines' Called Xenobots
If you take the stem cells of a frog's skin and the stem cells of its heart and Frankenstein them together, what do you get? Researchers call it a 'xenobot.'
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A Cosmonaut Made 'Space Beef' With A 3D Printer
Wouldn't it be awesome if they could make space food practically from scratch using a few cells as ingredients? Well, in 2019, a Russian cosmonaut on the ISS provided the first semblance of an answer to that question by making 'space beef.'
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Stud Tortoise Saves Species From Extinction By 'Getting Busy'
The Galapagos tortoise was critically endangered, until recently. Enter the San Diego Zoo's resident stud, Diego, who did enough entering to father an estimated 1,700 offspring over the course of a few decades. Luckily, giant tortoises have really long lives.
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Why Different Blood Types Can't Be Mixed
Everybody has a blood type, which indicates what sorts of antibodies in their blood. But they can't all mix. Here's why.
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First 'Space Cookies' Return To Earth
One of the pinnacles of space science came in December 26, 2019, when NASA astronaut Christina Koch reported on Twitter that the ISS team had successfully baked cookies in space.
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Thousands Of Alien Stars Discovered In Our Galaxy
Our actual galaxy has "thousands" of alien stars, just hanging around like it isn't even a thing. The reason behind this is as fascinating as it is weird.
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Scientists Turned Their Own Frozen Poop Into Knives
After hearing a story of an Inuit man who fashioned his poop into a frozen blade, scientists wanted to see for themselves whether it would cut. So they turned their own frozen poop into knives.
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The Truth About The World's Most Expensive Chicken
Could a chicken possibly be more goth? Or more expensive?
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Frozen LEGOs May Change Quantum Computing
A frozen LEGO block sounds like a handy way to both hurt your foot and get frostbite on your way to the bathroom at night. However, if you ask science, it's quite a bit more than that -- in fact, a stack of cold enough LEGOs might be enough to take computers into a wild, unknown future.
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Deep Space Radio Bursts Are Baffling Scientists
Galactus is coming. Okay, not really. However, astronomers have been getting riled up about a series of crazy fast radio energy lights in the sky which they can't explain, and that's enough to get any sci-fi fan hopping up and down.
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Newly Discovered Brain Signal May Explain What Makes Us 'Human'
What is it that makes humanity so human? Is it our capacity for self-awareness? Maybe our ability to create art and understand complex philosophical concepts? Then again, a strange, unique brain signal that might provide our brains with more "computing power" than science has previously realized.
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The Deadly Truth About Almond Milk
The almond industry, which has seen an enormous boom in the last few years, may be responsible for the deaths of tens of billions of honey bees.
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Chinese Paddlefish Declared Extinct
The Chinese paddlefish, also known as the "Chinese swordfish," is part of a group of fish believed to have been around since the Lower Jurassic period. Rather, it was, until those pesky humans came along and wiped the species right off the face of the Earth like doodles on a dry erase board.
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How Fast Can A Kangaroo Really Go?
Nature's majesty is nothing to us if it isn't drenched in hot, nasty speed. The quicker the animal, the greater its chances of receiving public adoration. What, then, of the kangaroo? Is it speedy and sultry? Here's how fast a kangaroo can go.
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How Long Do Koalas Really Sleep In A Day?
Your standard koala spends between 18 and 22 hours a day drifting off to dreamland, according to the Australian Koala Foundation.
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Gravitational Waves Detected For Second Time Ever
Discovering something for the first time is a magnificent thing, but it's not until you observe it a second time that you prove that the first one wasn't just a fluke. One of these great second times took place in January 6, 2020, when LIGO repeated its 2015 trick of detecting gravitational waves.
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Here's What It's Like To Die
There's one thing that every person has in common, and that's death. Death can come any number of ways, but it will come. Here's what it's like to die.
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Charmin Debuts Toilet Paper 'RollBot' At CES 2020
Good news for anyone who doesn't have small children or a cat today: now, you too can experience the sensation of never, ever feeling alone in the bathroom, as Procter & Gamble has introduced the world to a toilet paper robot.
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Hyundai Promises Flying Cars For Uber By 2023
Ah, flying cars! Exciting in theory, mildly terrifying in reality. The latest development on the airborne commute front came on January 6, 2020, when Hyundai announced they were teaming up with Uber to create an "air taxi service," which could be operational as early as 2023.
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NASA Just Found A Nearby, Earth-Like Planet
Modern telescopes, satellites and whatnot have found plenty of planets. However, things get really exciting when we find one that orbits its sun in the so-called habitable zone -- the small fraction of the solar system that could theoretically support life. Well, guess what? NASA just found one.
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The Dog Breed That Is Closest To A Fox
There's an old saying that says you can't run with the fox and hunt with the hounds. But what if a hound looks just like its sly brethren? Here's which doggie dissembler comes closest to running with the fox.
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What Causes A Firenado?
Lo, the firenado: destroyer of worlds. But where does it come from? What is its origin? Against whom does it seek to exact terrible vengeance?
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How Earthquakes Create Gold From Water
"Earthquakes have the Midas touch," at least according to a 2013 study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Here's how earthquakes create gold from water.
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Physicist Says He Knows How To Build A Time Machine
University of Connecticut physics professor Ron Mallett claims to have found a way to travel through time using lasers in what is either the greatest scientific accomplishment in human history or a ripe example of what happens to an educator's give-a-damn once they get tenure.
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The Rabbit Breed That Makes The Best Pet
Unfortunately, you will never have Bugs Bunny to pet to your heart's content. So you'll have to settle for an inferior rabbit that can't crack jokes. Despite these extremely disappointing shortcomings, there are non-Bugs bunny breeds that might make a great pet. Which is the best?
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What Life Is Really Like As A Conjoined Twin
The chances of being conjoined twins are about 1 in 200,000, roughly the same odds the Atlanta Falcons had of losing to the Patriots in the 2017 Super Bowl. But as we all know, these things inevitably happen, and when they happen, we must live with the consequences.
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Keto Diet Ranked Worst For Healthy Eating
With so many ways to go from dad bod to rad bod, it's difficult to decide which fad diet is going to transform your body, but you can at least narrow the field. U.S. News and World Report posted their annual list of the best and worst diets making the rounds, and the "keto diet" came in dead last.
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