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An Indian woman has become the world’s oldest mother after giving birth to twins - at the age of 70. Omkari Panwar and her 77-year-old husband, Charan Singh, already had two grown-up daughters, and five grandchildren, but were desperate for a son...
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Advanced humanoid robot Asimo just got a new superpower – it can understand three humans shouting at once.
For now the modified Asimo’s new ability are being used to judge rock-paper-scissors contests, where three people call out their choices...
ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Chemists in Japan report development of the world’s first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other...
Any mother who’s ever felt a jolt of joy at her baby’s first grin knows how intoxicating that can be.
Now, scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine say there’s more to the baby buzz than just a rush of happy feelings. Turns out that...
Polaris Poker Bot Defeats Professional Poker Players
Polaris, a poker playing program developed by the computer poker research group at the University of Alberta. competed On July 3-6, 2008, against six human professional poker players in the Second...
It’s clear that there’s a specific set of genes responsible for brain development when you’re in the womb, and that those genes affect your ability to learn later on. But now a group of researchers in the U.S. and Canada have...
Amazonian tribe has no word to express ‘one,’ other numbers
An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of “one” or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led...
The Trans-Atlantic MagLev VacTrain — A Magnetically Levitated Vacuum Tube Train
A Maglev train floats about 10mm above the guidway on a magnetic field and is propelled by the guidway itself rather than an onboard engine by changing magnetic...
One of the largest unknowns in our understanding of the greenhouse effect is the role of the oceans as a carbon sink. Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels is soaked up by the oceans, but changes in the...
According a U.S. patent, granted by Infosys by 2010 the handsets will beam 3D films, games and virtual goods as holographic images. Infosys’s device will be able to send and receive the 3D images, allowing for example 3D text messaging on an...
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