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Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.
X-ray named top achievement by British museum
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.
Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says historian
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.
Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum
Jun 30, 2009 |
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For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference.
The Beatles Return to Mono
Nov 11, 2009 |
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From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed ...
The lost voyage: First English-led expedition to North America
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of a previously unknown voyage to North America in 1499, led by a Bristol explorer, is to be published this week in the academic journal Historical Research.
Lost sounds of the past brought to life (w/ Video, Audio)
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Salpinx, barbiton, aulos, syrinx. Never heard them? Never heard of them? Neither had anyone else, for centuries. Until now.
The man who could have been Henry VIII
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This year has seen the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession, and the start of the third television series of The Tudors -- yet we might so easily have been celebrating King Arthur I ...
Chance of nuclear war is greater than you think: Stanford engineer makes risk analysis
Jul 20, 2009 |
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What are the chances of a nuclear world war? What is the risk of a nuclear attack on United States soil? The risk of a child born today suffering an early death due to nuclear war is at least 10 percent, according ...
British UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday.
British scientist Hawking leaves top Cambridge post
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Acclaimed wheelchair-bound British scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said on Wednesday.
Disappearing vowels 'caught' on tape in US midwest
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Try to pronounce the words "caught" and "cot." If you're a New Yorker by birth, the two words will sound as different as their spellings. But if you grew up in California, you probably pronounce them identically.
Obama vows return to US science prominence (Update)
Apr 27, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama pledged Monday to return the United States to a "high water mark" of scientific achievement, announcing a goal to commit three percent of GDP to research and development.
Survey highlights trainee teachers' misconceptions about the brain
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests.
The dark side of animation
Jun 11, 2009 |
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We've all sat through one of those presentations where the animated slides are more interesting than the speaker. Bold and brassy titles slide into view, tasty slices of pie chart fill the screen one by one, and a hail of ...
