Amputee 'Feels' Fingers For First Time With Robotic Hand
news.discovery.com — A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts. (Submitted by ThePowerDigger) More…
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Bees Release Deadly Odor That Shortens Sibling Lifespans
wired.com — Here’s one way to get back at your sibling: Release a deadly odor. Honeybee researchers have discovered the first example of a pheromone that shortens the lifespan of other family members — in this case, older sisters. (Submitted by gorgeoussand) More…
Optical Sensor-Laden Skin Gives Robots a Softer Touch..
gizmodo.com — As robots become more involved in delicate tasks such as autopsies or surgeries, we need their touch to be as precise and sensitive as possible. To have that, we'll need to give them a skin-like surface full of optical sensors. (Submitted by queenslife) More…
Loneliness Spreads Like a Virus
livescience.com — Lonely people spread the wealth with friends. The finding, published in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, suggests that loneliness is not a character trait, as in "that person is such a loner," but more of a state such as hunger, which evolved as a cue to motivate our ancestors to go find food. (Submitted by redwolfwalker) More…
LHC: The Largest, Fastest, Emptiest Machine Ever [w/Photos]
motherboard.tv — On Sunday CERN broke the world record for highest-energy proton smashing with its Large Hadron Collider. But that’s not all, folks. This underground proton racetrack, 17 miles in diameter, has racked up a whole list of superlatives — aside, of course, from biggest, most feared (to some), and most profound (to us) science experiment ever. (Submitted by MMusick) More…
Both of NASA's Mars orbiters are down for the count
newscientist.com — Mars is experiencing a partial radio blackout this week, as both of NASA's Mars orbiters have been felled by technical glitches. The outages will delay operation of the twin Mars rovers, which use the orbiters to efficiently relay data back to Earth. (Submitted by mikeinto) More…
Why females live longer than males
physorg.com — Is it due to the father's sperm? (Submitted by leaprinces) More…
A Lost European Culture, Pulled From Obscurity
nytimes.com — Before the glory that was Greece and Rome, even before the first cities of Mesopotamia or temples along the Nile, there lived in the Lower Danube Valley and the Balkan foothills people who were ahead of their time in art, technology and long-distance trade. (Submitted by mikeinto) More…
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