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Sea Otter Plays Basketball to Help With His Arthritis
Eddie the sea otter plays basketball at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. March 3, 2013
Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys Strategically Place Nuts Before Smashing Them With Rocks
Researchers have found that wild bearded capuchin monkeys deliberately place palm nuts in a stable position on a surface before trying to crack them open. March 3, 2013
Boston Dynamics Teaches BigDog Robot to Hurl Cinder Blocks
Boston Dynamics continues to develop its BigDog robots for the Army Research Laboratory's RCTA program. March 3, 2013
Video: How and Why Cockroaches Clean Their Antennae
This video from NPR's Science Friday explains how and why cockroaches clean themselves. March 3, 2013
Kibo Robot to Join Crew Aboard International Space Station This Summer
Gizmag reports that Kibo, a Japanese communication robot, will be joining the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this summer. March 1, 2013
NASA Aquarius Reveals Findings From One Year of Measuring Earth's Salty Seas
NASA has released the first full year of validated ocean surface salinity data from its Aquarius instrument, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft. February 28, 2013
Three New Species of Giant Cockroach Discovered in China
Three new species of the giant cockroach genus Pseudophoraspis have been discovered in China. February 28, 2013
Carnegie Mellon and Japanese Researchers Embed Camera Inside Football
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo have embedded a camera inside a football. February 27, 2013
Ancient Helicoprion Ratfish Had Spiral-Toothed Jaw
The ancient Helicoprion had a bizarre spiral-toothed jaw. February 27, 2013
Seti Poll Selects Cerberus and Vulcan as Names For Pluto's Fourth and Fifth Moons
Pluto's fifth moon was discovered in July, 2012 by astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. February 26, 2013
Ice Boulders Found on Shore of Lake Michigan
Michigan Live reports that numerous ice boulders have been found on the shore of Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes. February 26, 2013
Four New Species of Water-Gliding Rove Beetles Found in China
Four new species of water-gliding rove beetles have been discovered in the Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. February 25, 2013
CNN Captured Thundersnow in Kansas
CNN captured thundersnow in Kansas during its recent winter storm, which closed the airport for about a day. February 22, 2013
SpiderSense Suit Enables Blindfolded Wearer to Sense People Sneaking Up on Them
Viktor Mateevitsi, a grad student at the Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has designed a special suit, called SpiderSense, that enables the wearer to locate obstacles and objects by "feeling" the environment around them. February 22, 2013
Scientists Say Alpine Cushion Plants Help Other Plants Survive
Scientists have determined that alpine cushion plants help other plants survive in harsh mountain environments. February 22, 2013
Scientists Build Robotic Bat Wing
Researchers at Brown University have built a robotic bat wing. February 21, 2013
Planetary System With Planet Smaller Than Mercury Found in Constellation Lyra
Scientists from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered a new planetary system in the constellation Lyra that contains a planet, Kepler-37b, which is smaller than Mercury. February 21, 2013
New Species of Forcepfly Discovered in Brazil
A new species of forcepfly has been discovered in Brazil. February 20, 2013
Researchers Create Hailstorm Indoors to Test Roof Damage
Researchers for the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) have created an indoor hailstorm. February 20, 2013
Interest in Desert Rain Frog Surges Thanks to YouTube Video
This video of a desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops) has been viraling around the Internet, primarily because the frog looks cute and has an unusual squeaky call. February 20, 2013