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Competitors Launch Pumpkins With Catapults in Last Fling Pumpkin Sling
Robotics and engineering clubs battle it out at the annual Last Fling Pumpkin Sling. October 24, 2011
New Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer
A study released earlier this year found a link between cell phones and brain cancer. October 22, 2011
Mysterious Translucent Jelly Invades Scotland
Some mysterious translucent jelly - see here and here - has been discovered in the Lake District in Scotland England. October 22, 2011
CubeStormer II Solves Rubik's Cube Faster Than Feliks Zemdegs
There is a new robot that can solve the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube faster than a human. October 22, 2011
Japanese Scientists Build a Brother for Female Actroid-F Android Robot
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Kokoro have partnered to create a male version of its android robot, Actroid F. October 22, 2011
Video: British Man Mummified Like Egyptian Pharaoh for TV Documentary
A British man was mummified by a team of scientists for a documentary on UK's Channel 4, called Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret. October 22, 2011
Birth of Two Asian Lion Cubs at London Zoo Captured on Film
The birth of two Asian lion cubs was captured on film at the London Zoo. October 21, 2011
Video: Monkeys Meditate for Marshmallows
New Scientist reports that monkeys were trained to put themselves into a Zen-like trance for a marshmallow reward. October 21, 2011
Scientists Create Human Sized Ping Pong Playing Robots
Xinhuanted reports that scientists at Zhejiang University in China have made two large ping pong playing robots. October 20, 2011
NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth earlier this week. October 20, 2011
FoamBot Can Make Its Own Body Parts
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created FoamBot. October 19, 2011
Richard Branson Christens World's First Commercial Spaceport
British billionaire Richard Branson christened the world's first built from the ground up commercial spaceport in New Mexico yesterday. October 18, 2011
PR2 Robot Learns to Scoop Poop
PR2 Robots keep learning how to do different tasks. October 18, 2011
Cave Millipede Study Reveals Isolated Populations and Ancient Divergence
The first genetic population study of cave millipedes was recently published in the International Journal of Myriapodology. October 18, 2011
South Korean Scientists Clone Coyotes
Scientist Hwang Woo-suk and his research team in South Korea claim to have cloned coyotes. October 18, 2011
Preview of PBS Nature's Radioactive Wolves Episode Shows Abandoned Pripyat
Pripyat, Ukraine has been a ghost town for 25 years following the Chernobyl disaster. October 17, 2011
Human Skin Grown on Lab Mice to Cure Skin Diseases
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are conducting research to study how to make use of the potential for auto regeneration of stem skills from skin. October 17, 2011
Second Case of Locally Acquired Dengue Fever Reported in Palm Beach County
The Palm Beach Post is reporting that a second case of locally acquired dengue fever has been reported in Palm Beach County. October 17, 2011
Video: Eerie Deep-sea Fish with Big Teeth
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute created this Halloween compilation of eerie and scary deep-sea fish that all have one thing in common: big teeth. October 16, 2011
World Population Just Days Away From Reaching 7 Billion
The World population is just days away from reaching the seven billion mark. October 16, 2011