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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 06:49 PM PDT

When engineers outfitted a six-legged robotic bug with wings in an effort to improve its mobility, they unexpectedly shed some light on the evolution of flight. The wings nearly doubled the running speed of the 25-gram robot, but was that good enough for takeoff?

People who really identify with their car drive more aggressively, study finds

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:43 AM PDT

People who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies, according to a new study.

Archaeologists find blade 'production lines' existed as much as 400,000 years ago

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Archaeologists report that large numbers of long, slender cutting tools were discovered at the Qesem Cave outside Tel Aviv. They report that every element of the system points to a sophisticated tool "production line" to rival technologies used hundreds of thousands of years later.

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