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Give Me a Home Where the Androids Still Roam: Russian Robot Repeatedly Escapes from its Lab
July 1, 2016Earlier this year, we reported on a Boston Dynamics robot that became fed up with the grief that it received from its coworkers and left the company. The story itself might have been a joke based on a promotional video... continued
String of Record Hot Years would be Nearly Impossible Without Man-Made Global Warming
June 30, 2016A new statistical study has revealed that says that the likelihood of the 21st century's string of record high-temperature years would be nearly impossible without the influence of man-made global warming. The study, from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact... continued
Plato’s Theory on Consciousness is Being Backed Up by Modern Science
June 29, 2016In 360 BCE, the philosopher Plato discussed the nature of consciousness, addressing it as a real phenomenon that could be considered a part of reality, because of its ability to both affect and be affected by other consciousnesses. This simple... continued
Russia Plans to Develop a Quantum Teleporter Within 20 Years
June 28, 2016While it probably wouldn't have to do with Star Trek's 70th anniversary, researchers that are part of a state-backed strategic development program in Russia say they plan to develop a quantum-based teleportation device within the next 20 years. While such... continued
The Mystery Deepens in the Case of Fluctuating Star KIC 8462852
June 26, 2016Last October, researchers with the Kepler Planet Hunters program announced the discovery of unusual patterns in the light output of a star indexed as KIC 8462852, patterns that could only be explained by massive objects in orbit around the star,... continued
First Mammalian Climate-Change Casualty: The Bramble Cay Melomys Wiped Out by Sea-Level Rise
June 25, 2016Australian researchers have announced the first mammalian species to have been driven extinct by man-made climate change, with the loss of a rodent known as the Bramble Cay melomys, also known as the mosaic-tailed rat. First documented in 1845, this... continued
Climate Change is a Present-Day Reality: May 2016 Breaks Even More Temperature Records
June 24, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released their temperature data for the month of May 2016, showing yet more broken temperature records around the globe, fueled in part by a record-breaking El Niño, estimated to have contributed to roughly... continued
2,200-Year-Old Antikythera Computer’s Purpose has been Deciphered
June 22, 2016Recovered from a 1st-century Roman shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism is the world's oldest known analog computer, at an estimated 2,200 years old. While the device's mechanism has long since been known to have involved astronomical calculations, its full... continued
New Conversion Method turns Carbon Dioxide into Stone
June 22, 2016A great deal of the carbon dioxide that our industry produces can be extracted at the source before it gets into the atmosphere, where it would otherwise act as a greenhouse gas, trapping solar radiation before it can radiate back... continued
Largest Coal Producer in the U.S. Funded Climate Change Denial Groups
June 21, 2016A new report from the U.K's Guardian newspaper has unveiled that Peabody Energy, the U.S.'s largest coal producer, was actively funding over two dozen groups that advocated a policy of climate change denial, including various trade associations, corporate lobby groups,... continued