Sex robots are not just the future

post from Top stories on 23 April 2012 09:06:25 AM. © Top stories

If we're to believe Steven Spielberg's 2001 sci-fi flick AI: Artificial Intelligence, sex robots aren't supposed to happen until at least the 22nd century . . .

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I see icy ISS ice floes

post from Bad Astronomy on 23 April 2012 09:00:55 AM. © Bad Astronomy

I’ve been writing so many explanations about cool pictures from space that I think I’ll take a short break and just simply post this astonishingly beautiful shot, taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, showing the curling[...]

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Neil deGrasse Tyson stops a religious zealot

post from Top stories on 23 April 2012 08:50:33 AM. © Top stories

At the end of the Q&A period after Tyson and Dawkins' magnificent presentation "The Poetry of Science," someone tries to bait Dawkins/Tyson into a religious discussion with a question about what they would do when they're about to die with nothing to console themselves but their knowledge of

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American Airlines to air dangerous antivax
propaganda

post from Bad Astronomy on 23 April 2012 08:30:11 AM. © Bad Astronomy

[Note: This post contains numerous links to articles showing antivax claims are misleading at best, and pose a huge health risk. I strongly urge you to read those links before leaving a comment.]In May 2011, an unvaccinated infant was brought on board[...]

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The Arab Spring puts a strain on Jordan's ecology

post from New Scientist - Environment on 23 April 2012 05:14:00 AM. © New Scientist - Environment

An influx of refugees from war-torn Syria is draining Jordan's main oasis and depleting wildlife and water supplies, says Debora MacKenzie

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Saturn's Weirdest Ring

post from HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 23 April 2012 03:00:00 AM. © HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them.

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St George and the ZX Spectrum

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 23 April 2012 02:55:01 AM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

It’s St George’s Day and the 30th anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum so we’re celebrating with the latest Google Doodle! Why we English still celebrate the killing of a mythical beast by an allegedly Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina who was venerated as a saint by a religious leader the vast majority of the country don’t [...]

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Betcha dont know.How to Select Industrial Fabrics

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 23 April 2012 01:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

I bet you don't know how much there is to know about industrial fabrics…really! It is an overwhelmingly large area, and an important one at that. Fortunately I have waded through the sea of amazing resources and boiled down the important pieces to the selection guide found on GlobalSpec. B

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Betcha Dont Know.How to Select Industrial Fabrics

I bet you don't know how much there is to know about industrial fabrics…really! It is an overwhelmingly large area, and an important one at that. Fortunately I have waded through the sea of amazing resources and boiled down the important pieces to the selection guide found on GlobalSpec. B

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3D Printing Robot Produces Chairs And Tables From
Recycled Waste

Two years ago, a Dutch student named Dirk Vander Kooij was designing furniture and preparing for his graduation project when [...]

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