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Latest terrifying Japanese robot produces ghastly parodies of emotions

KOBIAN is a metal humanoid with 48 "actuators" that allow it to mimic the body posture and facial expressions that correspond to real human moods.

| Opinion | Science | 07/02/09 at 8:00 am |


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Lucky German teen survives meteorite impact

The number of humans know to have been struck by a meteorite just doubled -- to two.

| News | Science | 06/19/09 at 9:00 am |


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Satellites to track penguin poop

While antarctic penguins are too small to see from space, their poo is visible via satellite.

| News | Science | 06/08/09 at 8:00 am |


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Glowing animal alert: Monkeys born with glowing feet

ITwhirled readers will remember the adorable glowing puppies cloned by South Korean scientists last month. Not be outdone, scientists in Japan have developed monkeys with glowing feet.

| News | Science | 06/05/09 at 9:00 am |


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