A chatty humanoid robot whose makers claim it can understand people's emotions made its first friends Friday as it struck up conversations with shoppers in Tokyo.
Robotics
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When South America split from Africa 150 to 120 million years ago, the South Atlantic formed and separated Brazil from Angola. The continental margins formed through this separation are surprisingly different. Along offshore ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 6, 2014
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Researchers have found the first evidence of an intercellular bacterial infection in natural populations of two species of Anopheles mosquitoes, the major vectors of malaria in Africa. The infection, called Wolbachia, has ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2014
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As salad ingredients go, romaine lettuce ranks somewhere between limp carrots and dried radishes on the excitement scale.
Space Exploration
Jun 6, 2014
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Are iPads sending people to their local public library? Sunnyvale, Calif., official Lisa Rosenblum thinks so.
Other
Jun 6, 2014
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The United Nations used the occasion of World Environment Day on Thursday to demand action on climate change for the protection of small island states threatened by rising seas, drought and floods.
Environment
Jun 6, 2014
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Smart capabilities have become the latest marketing pitch to sell more wristwatches, TVs, eyeglasses, refrigerators, cars and even toothbrushes. But have we figured out why they need to be smart?
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 6, 2014
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China hopes its emissions of greenhouse gases will peak "as early as possible" but its experts differ as to when it will happen, its chief negotiator at UN climate talks said Thursday.
Environment
Jun 6, 2014
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Golfers are facing an unusual feature on a links in tropical northern Australia—crocodiles that live in the course's lakes.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2014
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The US space agency NASA has been warned that its mission to send humans to Mars will fail unless its revamps its methods and draws up a clear, well-planned strategy to conquer the red planet.
Space Exploration
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