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Monkeys Control Robots With Their Minds
Science & Tech  (tags: science, monkey, technology, robot, mind )

Emily
- 134 days ago - cnn.com
Monkeys with sensors implanted in their brains have learned to control a robot arm with their thoughts, using it to feed themselves with fruit and marshmallows...
Demand Grows for Remote-Controlled Drones on Front Lines
Science & Tech  (tags: war, science, drone, remote-control )

Emily
- 141 days ago - cnn.com
The demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are behind a new push by the Pentagon to increase the ranks of one of its most tireless fighting machines: remote-controlled attack aircraft called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs.
Astronomers Find New Planets. Say Billions of Habitable Planets. Exist
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomers find new planets. say billio )

Supostat
- 141 days ago - plitom.isuisse.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Planet-seekers who have spotted 28 new planets orbiting other stars in the past year say Earth s solar system is far from unique and there could be billions of habitable planets.
Huge Hidden Biomass Lives Deep Beneath The Oceans
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, environment, interesting, research, science, world )

Dan
- 140 days ago - environment.newscientist.com
At 1.6 kilometers beneath the ocean floor the discovery marks the deepest living cells ever to be found. Dr. John Parkes says this discovery may help us find life on other planets. As evidenced in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
Da Vinci's 'Aerial Screw' Idea in Motion: World's Smallest One-Man Helicopter
Science & Tech  (tags: da vinci, technology, science, discovery, invention, helicopter, air )

Emily
- 148 days ago - cnn.com
A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea.
Robotic Suit Amplifies Human Strength
Science & Tech  (tags: soldier, suit, robot, robotic, human, strength, military, research, news, technology )

Emily
- 148 days ago - cnn.com
The Army believes soldiers may someday wear the suits in combat. The suit can multiply a person's strength and endurance as many as 20 times. Developers must still overcome cost barriers and extend the suit's 30-minute battery life.
Computers Could Help End Hunger
Science & Tech  (tags: IBM, hunger, computers, energy )

Emily
- 148 days ago - money.cnn.com
How sharing unused processing power computer can aid the fight against world hunger.
Youngest Supernova in Milky Way Found
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, astronomy, science, technology, supernova, milky way )

Dima
- 148 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists have peered through a thick shroud of interstellar dust to reveal the youngest supernova ever seen in the Milky Way
Floating An Old Idea: Zeppelins Return
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, zeppelins, California )

Isabel
- 149 days ago - livescience.com
Like swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano -- except with a longer interval (73 years in this case) -- the zeppelins are returning to California.
All About Oil: The Current Situation
Science & Tech  (tags: oil, gas prices, business )

Emily
- 149 days ago - cnn.com
How much do we consume? Who are the world's biggest producers? Why has oil become so expensive? How much oil is left? Will we keep finding oil to replace depleted stocks? And more...
 
 
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