Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects
EPFL’s robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.
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Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’ — if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a “fundamental breakthrough” that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.
Seismometers can track falling space junk
As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could better map trajectories.
A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language
Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region’s importance for language.
Arctic blast will bring ‘life-threatening’ temperatures and dump snow on 150 million Americans. But will it make the trees explode?
An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?
5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas
An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at
Wegovy now comes in pill form — here’s how it works
The pill version of Wegovy seems to work just as well as the injectable form, but there are some key differences between the two formulations
Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it
Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.
NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Spacecraft Make Their Way to Launch Pad
NASA’s massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carried the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle
Sega Toys Homestar Classic star projector review
Though it has fewer bells and whistles than its Sega Toys siblings, the Homestar Classic is still one of the best star projectors on the
6 tips to kickstart your exercise routine and actually stick to it, according to science
Struggling with your New Year’s fitness resolutions? Do not give up just yet. Here are 6 expert tips on how to successfully form and maintain
Californians have been using far less water than suppliers estimated — what does this mean for the state?
Flawed assumptions about water demand mean suppliers in California overestimated future demand by an average of 74% over 20 years — positive news for the
World’s oldest known rock art predates modern humans’ entrance into Europe — and it was found in an Indonesian cave
The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.
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