Video: Vampire robot vants to suck your blood
The first of its kind, Veebot is a prototype robotic phlebotomist, designed to get all Dracula on your arm. It’s supposed to be as good as a human at finding a vein and drawing your blood. Feel…
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False memories created in mice, ‘Total Recall’ can’t be far
It’s just a matter of time before we all have replicant companions, right? And they’ll need artificial memories like in “Blade Runner.” That’s why we should all thank the scientists at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural…
Hating On Fat People Just Makes Them Fatter
Don’t try to pretend your gibes and judgments of the overweight people in your life are for their own good. Florida researchers have evidence that discriminating against fat people only makes them fatter. “People often…
Gut Check: How Do Caterpillars Walk?
The question isn’t why did the caterpillar cross the road but how? Researchers have discovered that at least one species of caterpillar precedes each step with a thrust of its gut. The finding points to…
A Fishy Take On Human Skin Tones
Humans are not fish. But the two very different species share a genetic toolkit that determines all sorts of crucial traits. So studying fish can teach us important things about ourselves. David Kingsley is a…
Italian autonomous car to drive from Italy to China
University of Parma scientists have pioneered robotic cars that can navigate on their own. They are about to drive from Italy to China and plan to arrive by mid-October. In 2004, scientists from around the…
‘Robot’ yang Dikontrol Lewat Pikiran
Lewat helm khusus, pengguna bisa mengirimkan perintah ke komputer. Sekelompok peneliti asal Northeastern University, Boston, Amerika Serikat mengerjakan antarmuka komputer yang bisa menerjemahkan sinyal dari otak lewat helm khusus. Lewat helm yang dibuat, pengguna bisa…
Butterflies: Science On The Wing
Those butterflies flitting around in your yard aren’t just pretty. New research shows their glowing colors have profound implications for scientists and engineers. Butterflies get their colors in two different ways. Some, like the monarch,…
Peran Mumi dalam Pengobatan Modern
Mumi telah menjadi inspirasi puluhan film horor Hollywood dan merupakan gambaran ke masa lampau bagi para arkeolog. Tapi, ahli mumi terkenal mengatakan tubuh yang diawetkan sebenarnya memiliki peran yang penting dalam dunia modern, yaitu membantu…
Scientists Reach Milestone On Way To Artificial Life
Scientists are reporting that they have made a living cell from DNA that was originally synthesized in a lab. This isn’t quite a synthetic organism. But the result is an important, and some would say…
‘Big Bang Machine’ Smashes Energy Record
Scientists in Geneva cheered early Tuesday after the Large Hadron Collider started making subatomic particles collide head-on at energies far greater than have ever been achieved before. The $10 billion particle accelerator straddles the Swiss-French…
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