The Truth About The First 'Living Robots'
It's alive! Kinda? Back in January, scientists created the first xenobots -- living robots derived from the stem cells in a frog's heart spliced with the stem cells in its skin.
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How Being A Bully Changes Your Brain
Have you ever wondered what the long-term effects of bullying are to the bullies themselves? As in, the actual effects bullying has to their mind? Do they just grow out of it, or does bullying leave some kind of mental scarring that affects their behavior for the rest of their days?
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Scientists Solve Mystery Of Dinosaur Tracks On A Cave Ceiling
One of the most puzzling discoveries in paleontology has finally been solved. Dinosaur footprints, first discovered on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland, Australia in 1954, have baffled researchers for over half a century.
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Rare Pink Manta Ray Caught Down Under
Photographer Kristian Laine recently spotted a unique creature off the coast of Australia. It was a pink manta ray, the only one of its kind, and scientists are fascinated with this rosy animal.
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World's Oldest Salamander Discovered In Siberia
It may not be the Reaper of Death or the horned war turtle from hell, but a new species of salamander dating to the Jurassic period has been unearthed (defrosted?) in the icy reaches of Siberia, and it may be the oldest in the world.
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What Are The Fastest Sharks In The World?
It's never too early to start getting in shape for swimsuit season. Especially if you wear your swimsuit to swim. And even more so if you choose to swim ... with the sharks. Here are the fastest.
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Florida Closes Park For Annual 'Snake Orgy'
On February 13th Residents of Lakeland, Florida looking to take a stroll around urban Lake Hollingsworth got a peculiar warning from the city's parks department: parts of the shore were closed due to snake orgies.
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How Dangerous Is Vaping?
Over a third of all teenagers in the United States now admit to having experimented with vaping. Needless to say, these stats probably frighten a lot of parents out there. But just how dangerous is vaping, really?
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How Electric Are Electric Eels?
Yeah, they're called electric eels, but what's the deal with these fish? Can they actually hurt a human with their shocking abilities or no? Well, let's take a look at these weird animals and figure out how electric they really are.
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The Truth About The US Navy's 'Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts'
Sometimes evolution is the best engineer. In a development that sounds more like a plot from a Neil Stephenson novel, an Office of Naval Research-backed project has discovered a method to utilize locusts -- yes, actual locusts -- as bomb-sniffing cyborg reconnaissance tools.
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Turning Humans To Compost Could Be The Future Of Body Disposal
The common options for getting rid of your body after death carry steep environmental burdens, which is why some scientists are now recommending the new and exciting method of giving your body up for compost. Consider it a final gift to the world which created you.
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The Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Is About To Get Its First Job
Two unequivocal truths of this world are that working on an oil rig is an incredibly dangerous profession, and dogs with jobs are a delight. Thanks to the literal geniuses at the engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics those two truths are about to collide.
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How Dirty Rain Water Really Is
Rain. Sometimes more than we need, sometimes not nearly enough. But what you really want to know is whether rain water is actually safe to drink as is.
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How Long Can You Live Without Sleep?
There are many things a human body simply can't do without. A lack of food, water or air can easily kill us in awful ways, but there's another, stranger danger that most people don't really think about: Not being able to sleep.
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How Hackers Could Turn Satellites Into Weapons
Gasp! A group of wicked hackers are threatening to take over the world's satellites, crippling communications and sending humanity back to the information stone age where we had to read newspapers for information... Here's how hackers could turn satellites into weapons.
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The Real Reason Wolves Regurgitate Blueberries
Wolves and blueberries seem like they'd go together like break dancing and Vaseline, but as Science News tells us, the lupine predators have a low-key thing for the delicious superfood.
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How Dangerous Is LASIK Surgery?
LASIK, which somehow stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, is the process of using a high-intensity light beam to reshape the cornea. That sounds kind of dangerous.
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Shell Shock: This Turtle May Have Been The Largest To Ever Live
No, not Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael. An 8-million-year-old turtle shell discovered in Venezuela measures just shy of 8 feet in diameter, clearing the hurdle to become the largest complete turtle shell ever unearthed.
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'Fascinating' Study Sheds New Light On Consciousness
A new result published in the scientific journal Neuron, has scientists and philosophers alike atwitter about its implications for our understanding of human consciousness. The experiment itself sounds like something out of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.
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Why Jeff Bezos Spends So Much Money On Space Tech
When asked why he spent so much time and money on outer space instead of, say, donating to earthbound charities like fellow uber-billionaire Bill Gates, Bezos offered a simple answer...
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The Real Reasons Polar Bears Are Endangered
Fun fact: the World Wildlife Fund refers to polar bears as marine mammals -- you know, like whales and orcas and dolphins – because they spend so much of their lives on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean. Here's why they are endangered.
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How Dirty Water Fountains Really Are
Water fountains are never the hero of anyone's story, save for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest when Chief Bromden smashes a mental hospital window with a water fountain and escapes. But even then, he didn't drink from it. Here's how dirty water fountains are.
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The Real Reason Whale Sharks Are Endangered
While the endangered whale shark isn’t a threat to humans, the massive fish often finds itself in trouble whenever it swims too close to people.
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The Dog Breed That Has The Best Sense Of Smell
Dogs: they're man's best friend. They're our loyal companions. They stand by our sides when times get tough, assuming that we keep feeding them our unfinished jerky sticks and scratching those hard-to-reach places. But which dog has the best sense of smell?
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Physicists Determine Ideal Soap Recipe For Bubble Blowing
Forget curing cancer, of finding a vaccine to prevent coronavirus. Science has finally put its money where its mouth really is by coming up with what must be the greatest discovery since Albert Einstein invented sliced bread. We're talking, of course, about a recipe for better soap bubbles.
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What Is The Dirtiest Place On An Airplane?
No matter how overbooked a flight might be, one traveler that always lands a spot on the plane is latent regret. One of the times that feeling kicks in is when you realize how utterly dirty and disgusting a commercial aircraft can get.
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What Do Whale Sharks Eat?
Whale shark. Even the name conjures up some kind of Jurassic Park chimera, with Jeff Goldblum stuttering a warning about how teeth will find a way. But what do they eat?
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