50 Moves, 30 Minutes and No Humans: MIT robot builds and repairs its own science experiment

MIT researchers have developed a robotic laboratory that can independently assemble and align optics experiments. In a ...
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One of Evolution’s Biggest Moments Was Re-created in a Year

All the living things that we can see evolved from those that we can’t. Every human, bird, tree, and flower can trace its ancestry across a few billion years back to microscopic, single-celled ...

Silver fox experiment: Soviet breeding study links tameness to body changes; genomes reveal social clues

In the late 1950s, a pioneering Soviet scientist initiated a fascinating project of domesticating silver foxes. By selectively breeding the friendliest individuals across generations, he witnessed ...

[Kato RC #238] Utilizing Drones for Bear Countermeasures—Demonstration Experiment in Kazuno, Akita, on Aerial Detection, Tracking, and Scaring Away with A…

A demonstration experiment to find bears from the sky In Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, a demonstration experiment was ...

Australian scientists started a forest experiment but forgot about it. The trees kept growing; 30 years later, researchers were shocked by the results

A decades-old forest experiment in Victoria, Australia, was largely forgotten after funding cuts ended its main monitoring. When researchers returned about 30 years later, they found that different ...

Space bioprints human meniscus: NASA tests microgravity tissue printing; experiment shows key limits

Researchers successfully printed a human knee meniscus aboard the International Space Station. This achievement demonstrated ...

Netflix sparks outrage after recreating ‘unethical’ psychological experiment for new series

While some point out it 'failed' the first time, others are ready to binge the whole thing ...