Please visit The Atlantic for the original article. By Rebecca J. Rosen Jun 13 2012, 3:13 PM ET We’re on the cusp of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of all time, but we may not know when the moment strikes. Or, rather, there may be no moment. Last week, in the corners of...
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Please visit Muckflash for the original article. Researchers at Toshiba’s Akimu Robotic Research Institute were thrilled ten months ago when they successfully programmed Kenji, a third generation humanoid robot, to convincingly emulate certain human emotions. At the time, they even claimed that Kenji was capable of the robot equivalent of love. Now,...
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So what is graphene? According to scientists, graphene is the strongest material ever measured! “It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of cling film.” said Columbia University Engineering Professor James Hone; continuing, “Our research establishes graphene as the strongest material ever measured,...
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Original can be found at Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011 via io9.com By Robert T. Gonzalez Dec 28, 2011 4:20 PM Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011 From law-violating subatomic particles to entirely new, earth-like worlds, 2011 was an incredible year for scientific discovery. In the past 12 months, scientific breakthroughs in fields ranging from...
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Get a strong drink, find a nice comfortable chair and prepare to be blown away…… Original article found at Viewzone.com Written by Dan Eden “A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.” -Luke 6:44 Anesthesia I’m going to tell...
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Original article can be found at BusinessInsider.com. Written by: Dina Spector | Dec. 14, 2011, 9:29 AM A fish that uses its fins to walk across the floor is causing scientists to rethink the evolution of walking on land, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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Original article found at io9.com Written by Alasdair Wilkins Dec.6 2011 Mother’s and their babies are often said to share a deep, intimate connection…but even so, this new discovery is weird. Simply by looking and smiling at each other, moms and babies synchronize their heartbeats to within milliseconds of each other. Researchers...
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