News tagged with cartoon figures
Like humans, monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A magnetic approach to lattices
(Phys.org) -- JQI experimentalists under the direction of Ian Spielman are in the business of using lasers to create novel environments for neutral atoms. For instance, this research group previously enticed ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Google searches get smarter (Update)
Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter, in what the Internet giant called a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.
May 16, 2012 |
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Zynga goes real time with arcade-style game
Facebook games star Zynga is launching an old-school, arcade-style title that will be free at its new website or at the world's biggest social network.
May 08, 2012 |
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Sony makes mobile gaming push with handheld Vita
(AP) -- Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than "Angry Birds," "Words With Friends" and other smartphone pastimes.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Behavior of parent organisms may influence genes passed on to next generation
Timing is everything, and if there was ever a scientist whose legacy was tarnished by bad timing, it was Jean Baptiste Lamarck. The French naturalist lived from 1744 to 1829 - and published his own evolutionary theory decades ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Assange takes extradition battle to Britain's top court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took his fight against extradition to Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden over rape allegations would breach legal principles dating back ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Study of comic books helps Stanford scholars identify cultural trends
Robots and mythical creatures battle each other in cartoon-like drawings spread across a table. A crowd gathers around to take a closer look at the vibrantly colored images from the pages of the award-winning ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Listening to the stars
It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Syria wages cyber warfare as websites hacked
(AP) -- While Syrian protesters and security forces are engaged in a war of attrition on the ground, a different kind of battle is emerging online.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Marketers target kids with tech
Isabella Sweet doesn't wear a target on her chest. But kid marketers covet this 9-year-old as if she does. Perhaps it's because she's a techie.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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