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Researchers Produce 3D Images of Prehistoric Mite Hitching a Ride on a Spider
University of Manchester researchers have scanned a tiny mite hitching the ride on the back of a 50-million-year-old spider. November 9, 2011
Scientists Discover New Species of Fungus in a Wasp Nest
A team of Tufts researchers found a new species of fungus inside a paper wasp nest. November 9, 2011
Animation: Russian Phobos-Grunt Mission to Grab Soil From Mars Moon
The Phobos-Grunt mission has blasted off on an ambitious mission to grab soil from the surface of Mars' tiny moon Phobos and return the samples to Earth in 2014. November 8, 2011
Honda's Asimo Gets Upgrade: Hops on One Foot, Pours a Drink
Honda's Asimo has learned some new tricks. November 8, 2011
Shieldcroc: Ancient Crocodile Had a Large Bony Plate on Its Head
An ancient crocodile, dubbed Shieldcroc, had a large shield-like skull. November 7, 2011
Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute Build Disposable Spiderbots With 3D Printer
Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA have built a cool looking robot spider. November 7, 2011
Mask-bot is a Talking Head Robotic System
Researchers at the The Institute for Cognitive System at TU Munchen in Munich, Germany have partnered with Japanese scientists to create Mask-bot. November 7, 2011
Great White Shark Dies After Being Released Back Into the Wild
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's released a 4-foot, 10-inch, 52-pound shark great white shark back into the wild at the end of October. November 6, 2011
Video of the Albino Cyclops Shark Embryo
A cyclops albino shark fetus was found inside a shark captured by a fisherman near Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California. November 5, 2011
NASA Discovers Giant Crack in Antarctic Glacier, New Iceberg Size of New York City Forming
While flying over Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier in a DC-8 research plane on October 14, 2011, scientists made a startling discovery. November 5, 2011
Gecko-inspired Robot Climbs Straight Up Walls
Researchers from Simon Fraser University created this little robot that can climb up smooth walls. November 4, 2011
New Laser Surgery Can Turn Brown Eyes Blue
Laguna Beach doctor Gregg Homer has developed a new surgery technique that can turn brown eyes blue. November 3, 2011
Fossilized Saber-Toothed Squirrel Bears Resemblance to Scrat From Ice Age
Scientists discovered the fossil of an ancient saber-toothed squirrel-like animal. It reminds everyone of Scrat from Ice Age. November 2, 2011
Leeches Use Water Disturbances to Locate a Meal
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) say leeches have two distinct ways of detecting dinner and their preferred method changes as they age. November 2, 2011
New Minute Freshwater Snail Species Discovered
A new minute freshwater snail species belonging to the genus Daphniola was found by Canella Radea, a researcher from University of Athens in a spring covered by snow on Mt. November 1, 2011
Blow Flies Help Forensic Entomologists During Murder Investigations
Blow flies are usually the first insect to arrive after a person has died. November 1, 2011
Boston Dynamics Creates Creepy Walking Anthropomorphic Robot Named PETMAN
PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics, the creators of the Big Dog robot. October 31, 2011
London Designer Exhibits Collection of Vanishing Furniture
London Designer Ben Alun-Jones is exhibiting a collection of vanishing furniture. October 31, 2011
7 Billionth Babies Celebrated Around the World
7 Billionth babies are being celebrated as the world's population is thought to have reached the 7 billion mark. October 31, 2011
Video: Vampire Bats Feed on Sleeping Pig
Vampire bats feed on a sleeping pig in the video from National Geographic. October 30, 2011