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One man took it upon himself to make a sandwich by creating each individual ingredient from scratch.
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The sophisticated new material is capable of healing all on its own within a matter of seconds.
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Three polite robots have taken the first tentative steps towards exhibiting a sense of self-awareness.
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An event known as 'the Big Rip' could ultimately see the cosmos being torn apart in the distant future.
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Gao Bingguo set a new world record by engulfing his body in a swarm of bees weighing more than 109kg.
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The ridiculously accurate projectiles are able to track and hit a moving target over long distances.
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Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.
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Vit Jedlicka has declared the creation of Liberland, a new independent state between Serbia and Croatia.
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Some scientists believe that the cosmos will eventually collapse in on itself in a 'Big Crunch' event.
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Joseph Roche, who is himself on the shortlist to go to Mars, doubts very much that it will ever happen.
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During the 1960s athlete Reg Spiers came up with an ingenious way to get home after running out of money.
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Google's DeepMind AI is now capable of playing several Atari 2600 games as skillfully as a human.
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Boston Dynamics is back with another eerily realistic robot that can stop itself from falling over.
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The new device is able to determine what you want to order even if you don't know yourself.
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Photographer Grace Gelder became married to herself in a bizarre wedding ceremony earlier this year.
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A new device developed by the Pentagon could give humans the ability to heal more rapidly.
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A CCTV camera has recorded the moment a glass door smashed to pieces seemingly on its own accord.
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Monk Luang Pu Pim has told his followers that he is going to effectively meditate himself to death.
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A Neolithic site consisting of 50 large stone blocks has been found two miles north-east of Stonehenge.
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New self-guided robots could soon be used to help assess the threat posed by items of space debris.