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Wizkid Robot Hones In On Human Faces And Encourages Interaction
Posted on February 20, 2008 at 10:34:59 am
There's a kid waiting to meet you at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like any kid, it will amuse you, it will ask you lots of questions, and it might even bother you a little bit.
Secure Internet Transactions At Internet Cafes Possible With Tiny Security Device
Posted on February 20, 2008 at 10:40:38 am
CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner.
Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves On Earth
Posted on February 22, 2008 at 10:51:16 am
Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth.
Ancient Puzzle Solved In Fossils From Canadian Rockies
Posted on February 22, 2008 at 09:11:06 pm
Geologists at the University of Leicester have solved a puzzle found in rocks half a billion years old.
Space Tourism to Rocket in this Century
Posted on February 22, 2008 at 11:31:12 pm
Seeking an out-of-this-world travel destination? Outer space will rocket into reality as “the” getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La Sapienza. In fact, the “final frontier” could begi
Largest-ever Dark Matter Structures Discovered
Posted on February 23, 2008 at 05:21:17 pm
A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross the night sky.
Python Snakes Could Spread To One Third Of US
Posted on February 24, 2008 at 11:43:30 am
Burmese pythons—an invasive species in south Florida—could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey
Surprise On Journey To Center Of The Earth
Posted on February 24, 2008 at 01:00:51 pm
The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth has been detailed in Nature. .
Bacteria Use 'Invisibility Cloak' To Hide
Posted on February 25, 2008 at 10:37:58 am
Scientists at the University of York have characterised an important new step in the mechanism used by bacteria to evade our immune system.
Sun Will Vaporize Earth Unless We Can Change Our Orbit
Posted on February 25, 2008 at 10:41:40 am
New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict that the Earth will be swallowed up by the Sun in about 7.6 billion years unless the Earth’s orbit can be altered.














