Hulking robots common to assembly line manufacturing tend to be loners. They often cut, bend and weld metal inside cages and behind barriers meant to safely separate them from human workers.
Robotics
Jul 4, 2019
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Somalia's war-ravaged capital Mogadishu will host Thursday its first ever TED talks as part of efforts to showcase improvements in development, business and security, organisers said.
Other
May 17, 2012
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Insects have an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, but our understanding of how human activities affect their populations is limited. This gap in knowledge is worrying because of the decline of insect ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2023
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A team of scientists has presented a five-step approach to through which governments can plan a transition away from high levels of industrial meat production and consumption that is fair and just for affected stakeholders.
Agriculture
Oct 11, 2023
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Thailand's government agreed Tuesday to ban the use of three farming chemicals widely regarded as dangerous to human health.
Other
Oct 22, 2019
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In Europe, people are more reserved regarding robots than they were five years ago. This is shown in a new study published by scientists from Linz and Würzburg.
Robotics
Jan 22, 2019
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As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below the minimum wage.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2023
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The public has the wrong idea about what homeless people would do after coming into a large amount of money. A University of B.C. study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences unveils this stark ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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Green design does not necessarily mean comfortable design, reports a study by Cornell and Ithaca College ergonomists.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 23, 2012
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A team of researchers from Jagiellonian University and the Polish Academy of Sciences has found that honeybees fed a diet of alcohol-spiked food exhibit withdrawal symptoms when the alcohol is removed. In their paper published ...
