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Study Finds People Can Identify People's Ages Based on Body Odors
A study, published here in PLoS One, has determined that people can identify other people's ages based on their body odors. May 31, 2012
Autonomous Road Trains Make First Debut on Public Highway
The SARTRE project - which stands for Safe Road Trains for the Environment - aims to encourage the development and use of technology for road trains of self-driven cars called platoons. May 30, 2012
Tuatara Reptile Can Slice Food Like a Steak Knife Say Researchers
Researchers from University College London (UCL) have found that the tuatara, a reptile found in New Zealand, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet. May 30, 2012
Anthropologists Find Heads of White Americans Are Getting Bigger
White Americans' heads are getting bigger say forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. May 30, 2012
Japanese Researchers Develop Wearable Telepresence Robot
Automaton reports on the MH-2, which is a small, wearable telepresence robot developed by Japanese researchers at Yamagata University. May 29, 2012
Ghostly Gamma-Ray Beams Suggest Milky Way's Center Used to be Much More Active
The Milky Way is fairly quiet compared to active galaxies have cores that glow brightly and are powered by supermassive black holes. May 29, 2012
Scientists Create Olympicene Molecule, Smallest Possible Five-Ringed Structure
Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure. May 28, 2012
Razor Clam's Rapid Burrowing Technique Involves Turning Soil Into Quicksand
Amos Winter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been studying the Atlantic Razor clam to develop ideas for building self-burying robots. May 27, 2012
Scientists Discover New Grapefruit Sized Sensory Organ in Chin of Rorqual Whales
Scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and University of British Columbia have solve the mystery of how lunge feeding works through the discovery of a grapefruit sized sensory organ in the chin of rorqual whales that communicates to the brain. May 27, 2012
Archaeologists Discover Lost Language on Tablet at Ziyaret Tepe
Archaeologists working in Turkey have found evidence for a language that dates back to over 2,500 years to the time of the Assyrian Empire. May 26, 2012
Scientists Explain Fat Bastard's Vicious Eating Cycle
Fat Bastard was an obese Scottish henchman hired by Dr. May 26, 2012
Sneezing Monkey Makes List of Top 10 New Species for 2012
A snub-nosed monkey from Myanmar (Burma) that sneezes when it rains made ASU's list of the Top 10 New Species for 2012. May 26, 2012
MIT Engineers Create Device That Painlessly Injects Medicine at Nearly the Speed of Sound
MIT researchers, led by Ian Hunter, the George N. May 26, 2012
NASA Releases Stunning Incandescent Sun Video
NASA has released this new video, which was created using SDO images with additional processing applied to enhance the structures visible. May 25, 2012
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Grappled and Berthed to International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule's mission to dock with the International Space Station is a success. May 25, 2012
Oldest Musical Instruments Found in German Cave
The Geissenklosterle Cave in Germany is home to the world's oldest instruments. May 25, 2012
Skinny Jeans Linked to Permanent Nerve Damage
Here is some disturbing news for those regular squeezing themselves into skinny jeans. May 24, 2012
Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Heart Muscle Cells
A team of Israeli scientists have managed to turn skin cells into healthy, new heart muscle cells that are capable of beating and integrating with existing heart tissue. May 24, 2012
NOAA Predicts Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
NOAA is predicting a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year. May 24, 2012
Video: Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish Swimming
The Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish is an impressive looking jellyfish with an equally impressive sting. May 24, 2012