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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Move over wanna-be supermodels - Japanese researchers have unveiled a robot that will soon be strutting her stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.
Friday, 19 December 2008
Ethics guidelines are urgently needed to control the growing use of robots in caring for children and the elderly, says one UK robotics expert.
Friday, 12 September 2008
Scientists who tricked monkeys by swapping images of sailboats for teacups have figured out how the brain learns to recognise objects, a finding that could lead to robots that see.
Thursday, 14 August 2008
A robot that controls itself with its own biological brain of cultured neurones, has been designed by UK researchers.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
The rougher the bowling ball, the more likely you are to score a strike in ten-pin bowling, according to new research.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Deposits of near pure silica on Mars were formed by volcanic vapours or hot-spring-type events crossing through soil and could contain traces of past life, scientists say.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Artificial skin made from thin layers of polymers and carbon nanotubes could soon give patients and robots alike the sensation of hot, cold and pressure, its developers say.
Friday, 29 February 2008
Australian researchers trying to regrow damaged spinal cords with tiny bionic implants are seeing for the first time what's happening at the nanoscale.
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Science Feature We have the fastest growing brain of any animal in history - but is our cranial growth spurt coming to an end?
Thursday, 14 July 2005
Great Moments in Science There's an old saying in medicine - "You can always make a correct diagnosis - but sometimes, you have to wait until the autopsy!" The autopsy is the Gold Standard of Credibility - it's the only test that reveals what really killed the patient. So when the Fox Network showed film of the autopsy of an alien body recovered from the Roswell Incident of 1947, there was huge interest.
Thursday, 4 November 2004
Science feature SciFi novels predicted we'd see amazing technological innovations merged with everyday life in the 21st Century. They weren't too far from the truth.
Tuesday, 28 May 2002
As the world prepares for the soccer World Cup, three Australian soccer teams did their own preparation, running a friendly national competition earlier this week - for robots.
Thursday, 29 January 1998
Indepth Feature In 1859, Charles Darwin published 'Origin of Species', the first comprehensive outline of the theory of evolution. The concept was revolutionary because it implied that the living world around us might have come to be without the guiding hand of some master-designer.