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Virginia Tech Students Built Solar-Powered Smart Home
Virginia Tech students built a solar-powered smart home called LumenHaus. October 17, 2010
Elena Bodnar's Emergency Bra Converts Into a Gas Mask
Ukrainian-born scientist Elena Bodnar won the Ig Nobel prize for Public Health for the Emergency Bra, a bra that can convert into a gas mask. October 9, 2010
Woman Finds One Dozen Recluse Spiders in Her Manhattan Apartment
A woman found a recluse spider in her kitchen sink in her New York City apartment on East 21st Street in Gramercy Park. October 4, 2010
Planet Hunters May Have Discovered Most Earth-like Planet
Planet hunters have discovered a planet that could be the most Earth-like planet yet discovered. September 29, 2010
Woman Claims She Was Attacked by Asian Carp
A Woman says flying Asian carp attacked her and her family on a boat on Lake Nesbit in Mississippi. September 22, 2010
Tyrannosaurus Rex Holds New Dallas Science Museum
Texas tyrannosaurus rex holds the new Perot Museum of Nature & Science. The museum is scheduled to open in 2013. September 21, 2010
Guys Record Video of Brooklyn Tornado
Here is some footage from a couple guys who were in their apartment when the Brooklyn tornado went over them. September 17, 2010
Tiny Cow is World's Smallest
Swallow, a tiny sheep-sized Dexter cow owned by Martyn and Caroline Ryder, is the world's smallest cow. September 17, 2010
Study Finds Falling in Love Will Cost You Two Close Friends
Do you want to fall in love? It will probaby cost you two close friends. September 15, 2010
Rare Roman Helmet and Face-Mask Found in Cumbria
A treasure hunter discovered a rare Roman bronze helmet complete with face-mask in Cumbria using a metal detector. September 14, 2010
International Space Station Captures Hurricane Igor
Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured Hurricane Igor heading westward over the Atlantic Ocean. September 13, 2010
Researchers Invent Snakebot That Climbs Up Trees and Looks Around
Reseearchers at the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a snake robot, called Snakebot, that can climb a tree and have a look around. September 4, 2010
Texas Boy Killed by Rare Deadly Amoeba
Another child has died from a rare deadly lake amoeba in Texas. September 3, 2010
Research Lab Designed to Roll Across the Arctic Tundra
Here is an interesting idea for an arctic research lab. August 28, 2010
The Tripod Fish Stands on the Ocean Floor
The tripod fish is an amazing fish. In this video an ROV is spotted by a tripod fish on the ocean floor. August 26, 2010
Rare Fire Tornado in Brazil
A rare fire whirl, also known as a fire tornado, briefly made an appearance near Sao Paolo, Brazil. August 25, 2010
Pea-Sized Frog Discovered on Pitcher Plants in Borneo
The smallest frog in the Old World (Asia, Africa and Europe) and one of the tiniest frogs in the world was discovered living inside and around pitcher plants in the heath forests of Borneo. August 25, 2010
Pulverized Planet Dust Discovered Around Double Star Systems
A new study, using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, suggests that tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up. August 25, 2010
Microbes Consumed Gulf Oil Say Scientists
Last week there was a report that a subsurface hydrocarbon survey using an autonomous underwater vehicle and a ship-cabled sampler found a massive 22 mile long continuous plume of oil in the Gulf of Mexico at 1100 meters depth. August 25, 2010
Human Expansion Blamed for Cave Bear Decline
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) started to become extinct in Europe about 24,000 years ago. August 24, 2010