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- Animals learn to fine-tune their sniffs
- Smart as a bird: Flying rescue robot will autonomously avoid obstacles
- Empathy represses analytic thought, and vice versa: Brain physiology limits simultaneous use of both networks
- How silver turns people blue
- Monkeys put off sex by bystanders
- New soccer robot has human-like agility
- Exoskeleton of advanced design promises new degree of independence for people with paraplegia
- Fate of the criminal corpse investigated
| Animals learn to fine-tune their sniffs Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT Animals use their noses to focus their sense of smell, much the same way that humans focus their eyes. Researchers found that rats adjust their sense of smell through sniffing techniques that bring scents to receptors in different parts of the nose. The sniffing patterns changed according to what kind of substance the rats were attempting to detect.  |
| Smart as a bird: Flying rescue robot will autonomously avoid obstacles Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT Researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around obstacles.  |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT When the brain's analytic network is engaged, our ability to appreciate the human cost of our action is repressed, researchers have found. The study shows for the first time that we have a built-in neural constraint on our ability to be both empathetic and analytic at the same time.  |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT Researchers have shown for the first time how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria, a rare condition in which patients' skin turns a striking shade of grayish blue.  |
| Monkeys put off sex by bystanders Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT Monkeys shy away from bystanders during copulation, irrespective of the bystanders' gender or rank. The new study also suggests that sneaky sex is opportunistic rather than a tactical deception i.e. intentional hiding of sexual behavior.  |
| New soccer robot has human-like agility Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT Computer scientists have developed a new robot whose source code and design plan is publicly accessible. It is intended to facilitate the entry into research on humanoids, in particular, the TeenSize Class of the RoboCup. With its white head and black body, "NimbRo-OP" looks almost human and is very agile -- it has no problems kicking a soccer ball, and it can also get up from a prone position like a human.  |
| Exoskeleton of advanced design promises new degree of independence for people with paraplegia Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:13 AM PDT Engineers have developed a powered exoskeleton that enables people with severe spinal cord injuries to stand, walk, sit and climb stairs. Its light weight, compact size and modular design promise to provide users with an unprecedented degree of independence.  |
| Fate of the criminal corpse investigated Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:37 AM PDT A new major research program in the UK will examine the fate of the corpses of executed criminals. Between 1752 and 1832, the bodies of executed murderers were legally denied burial in consecrated ground. Instead they were donated for anatomical dissection or 'hung in chains' (displayed in a gibbet). This new research program brings together scholars from archaeology, medical and criminal history, folklore, literature and philosophy to explore the ways that the dead body of the criminal could still be powerful.  |
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