The robot fake-out
You would expect living creatures to try and pull the wool over one another’s eyes, but robots seem a bit more straightforward. Still, researchers have taught bots to fake out […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Goodnight, sweet spidernaut
Nefertiti was a spider that boldly went where only a few spiders went before, so it’s safe to say she had a pretty full life. The 10-month old “Johnson jumper” died […]
So, what exactly did Curiosity find?
In short, carbon. Specifically, chlorinated methane gas, which contains carbon. Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument also found traces of water, sulfur, and perchlorate salts, but naturally the building blocks […]
Lincoln Park Zoo goes to work in the Serengeti
One might think that living in proximity to lions and hyenas is dangerous enough, but that’s before you factor in a rabies epidemic. Diseases like rabies and canine distemper are […]
What has no eyes, no scales and a represents a new genus?
Draconectes narinosus, a kind of loach that was just found in southeast Asia by researchers working with Flora & Fauna International. The little fish’s name is combination of Greek and […]
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