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Dung beetles navigate via the Milky Way
1-25-2013 |
19
In a world first, dung beetles are thought to use our own Milky Way galaxy to orient themselves.
Volvo developing 'crash-proof' cars
12-6-2012 | 13
Car manufacturer Volvo is aiming to build cars that can drive by themselves and avoid collisions.
Fish use reflection to avoid predators
10-24-2012 | 3
Silvery fish such as sardines can use their silvery skin to camouflage themselves from predators.
Could spacecraft build themselves ?
9-17-2012 | 7
NASA is exploring the possibility of using 3D printing technology to help build spacecraft.
Have you suffered from 'hindsight bias' ?
9-9-2012 | 15
Those who 'knew the answer all along' may not be quite as clever as they are making themselves out to be.
Termites explode to defend colonies
7-28-2012 | 16
Termites in the rainforests of French Guiana literally blow themselves up to help defend their peers.
Are two heads really better than one ?
4-21-2012 | 9
New research suggests that people may be better off answering difficult questions by themselves.
Talking to yourself helps you focus
4-19-2012 | 29
Don't shy away from people who talk to themselves, they're just trying to focus on something important.
Poltergeist activity filmed in Australia
VIDEO 3-24-2012 | 35
Security footage shows a box of sweets being inexplicably flung from one of the shelves on to the floor.
Mystery of the standing brooms
VIDEO 3-14-2012 | 41
The internet has been inundated recently with tales of brooms that stand upright by themselves.
Dung beetles dance to navigate
1-21-2012 | 3
Dung beetles dance atop a ball of poo to orientate themselves after a fight or hitting an obstacle.
The 'Watching Paint Dry Championships'
1-11-2012 | 19
People from around the world have been competing by filming themselves watching paint dry.
New microchip rivals the human brain
8-20-2011 | 17
IBM have developed microchips capable of rewiring themselves and mimicking the human brain.
Early humans very similar to ourselves
2-16-2011 | 13
Archaeologist John Shea has made the case that the earliest humans were very similar to modern humans.
Buddhist monks mummified themselves
9-18-2010 | 72
In the early 1800s Buddhist monks practiced a long and turturous process of self mummification.
Lab monkeys make their escape
7-8-2010 | 16
Lab monkeys in Japan succeeded in catapulting themselves from trees in order to escape over an electric fence.
Are domestic dogs too reliant on humans?
6-12-2010 | 37
A new study has suggested that pet dogs are so reliant on humans that they can no longer think for themselves.
Latvian meteor is revealed as a hoax
10-28-2009 | 5
The strange object that allegedly fell over Latvia this week has been revealed as a hoax staged by a mobile operator, a ...
Police baffled over suicidal cows
8-31-2009 | 18
Police and locals alike are baffled in the Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen as dozens of cows are mysteriously committing ...
Plants 'can recognise themselves'
6-2-2009 | 12
New experiments have revealed that plants are able to recognise themselves and will know when a genetically identical cu...
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