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Interactive fractal tree of life zooms in on earth’s entire evolutionary history 17 Oct 2012 | 11:21 am
From protozoans to people, there is a lot of life on this planet, and it’s all connected to a common ancestor from which everything descends. It’s hard to imagine, let alone visualize, all of the comm...
Why does cheese taste better when it’s melted? 16 Oct 2012 | 10:55 am
It’s largely about how it feels in the mouth. Once a piece of cheddar has been heated to around 150°F, the matrix of milk proteins that provide its structure begins to break down, and the cheese takes...
New dinosaur identified 4 Oct 2012 | 11:45 am
Pegomastax africanus was smaller than a housecat but not nearly as likeable–it had 1-inch-long fangs and porcupine-style quills. Pegomastax africanus The newly identified Pegomastax africanus is a...
Furry babies of the desert 3 Oct 2012 | 10:01 am
Small, cute and furry, these baby animals are the complete opposite of the harsh environments in which they were born. With their extreme temperatures and arid climates, deserts are not easy places ...
Where do you have to work the hardest for a beer? (infographic) 1 Oct 2012 | 10:54 am
A look at where the median cost of beer and hourly wage intersect in countries across the globe. The post-work beer is always satisfying, but as this chart from The Economist shows, residents of some ...
More human than human: aI game bots pass Turing Test 27 Sep 2012 | 11:47 am
For five years, the annual BotPrize competition has been using a variant of the Turing Test known as a "Computer game bot Turing Test" to challenge programmers, researchers and hobbyists to create a b...
Science confirms the obvious: kids love McDonald’s 27 Sep 2012 | 11:36 am
A study shows how fast food chains’ logos are enough to light up pleasure centers in children’s brains. This new study sounds a lot like a 21st-century redo of Pavlov’s experiments with dogs: show kid...
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel backs new venture aimed at producing 3-D printed meat 16 Aug 2012 | 03:27 pm
Billionaire Peter Thiel would like to introduce you to the other, other white meat. The investor’s philanthropic Thiel Foundation’s Breakout Labs is offering up a six-figure grant (between $250,00 and...
Japanese trashcan bot frantically drives around to catch your tossed litter 26 Jul 2012 | 02:17 pm
This Japanese trashbot is custom-built with a fairly complex-looking control board, power system and operating code. Three wheels at the base have 360 degrees of motion, so the robot can spin in any d...
FYI: did prehistoric birds evolve flight by falling out of trees? 25 Jul 2012 | 02:30 pm
Possibly. The trees-down (or “arboreal”) hypothesis has been around for many years, says evolutionary biologist Richard O. Prum of Yale University. Researchers guessed that the scales of tree-dwelling...
