Will robots become pets? Maybe, but your dog won't like it.
The first meeting between a robot dog and a biological dog fell short of a fairy-tale love story.Last week, Spot, a robot made by Boston Dynamics, met a small terrier in a parking lot. The exchange quickly became confrontational as the confused dog, Cosmo, began aggressively barking and posturing at the faux dog. It ended only after Spot made a retreat.Despite the defeat, Spot is one of the most advanced robots capable of maneuvering through nearly any terrain. It was originally designed as par..>> view originalThe Best Way To Find Aliens, According To Scientists Who Want To Make All Your 'X-Files' Dreams Come True
Small Dragonfly May Make World's Longest Flights
Found all over the world, the wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) is aptly named. The dragonfly has truly global reach, and it is found on every continent except Antarctica. To get to all those far-flung corners of the planet, the winged insect (also sometimes called the “globe skimmer”) makes epic migratory flights: They have been seen, for example, traversing the Indian Ocean in the hundreds of thousands on their way from Asia to Africa. But just how far they go has shocked researchers. New..>> view originalWeather looks good for Friday SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is now targeting Friday, March 4 for a Falcon 9 launch with the SES-9 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Video by Emre Kelly. WochitA Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.(Photo: SpaceX)Update, March 2:The Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron has issued a 90 percent "go" forecast for Friday's Falcon 9 launch attempt.Forecasters expect slight chances of thunderstorms to clear by midday. Cumulus clouds are the primary..>> view originalWhat one astronaut and his twin will teach us about getting to Mars
Editors, USA TODAY 6:29 p.m. EST March 2, 2016U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly poses through a safety glass with his brother Mark Kelly in Kazakhstan on March 26, 2015.(Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky, AP)Scott Kelly is home after a #YearInSpace. Let the weird science begin.NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Mother Earth after 340 consecutive days in space, more than any American in history. Welcome home, Scott! His mission centered on determining how long-term spaceflight affects the human bod..>> view originalFossilized Fungi iI World's Oldest Land Fossil
Fungi are as old as the hills. Scientists have identified bits of fossilized fungi that date back 440 million years, making them the oldest known fossils of any land-dwelling organism. The finding, described in a paper published March 2 in the journal Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, predates the previous record holder (also a fungi fossil) by more than 20 million years, and is older than any fossilized plant. Study author Martin Smith, a research at Durham University in the United Ki..>> view originalRumbles in the deep: Oregon researchers record cacophony at 36000 feet below sea level
A team of oceanographers headquartered in Newport recently sent a special microphone deep into the Pacific Ocean's famed Mariana Trench, nearly seven miles below the ocean's surface, and the results were surprising. It's noisy down there. "In theory it should be one of the quietest places in the ocean," Robert Dziak, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research oceanographer and chief scientist on the project said of the Challenger Deep region of the Mariana Trench. Instead, the ..>> view originalA newly discovered Anglo-Saxon island
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD—The remains of an Anglo-Saxon island have been uncovered in one of the most important archaeological finds in decades. The island which was home to a Middle Saxon settlement was found at Little Carlton near Louth, Lincolnshire by archaeologists from the University of Sheffield. It is thought the site is a previously unknown monastic or trading centre but researchers believe their work has only revealed an enticing glimpse of the settlement so far. The exciting discovery ..>> view original520 million-year-old fossilized nervous system is the most detailed of its kind
Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis wasn't exactly a beautiful animal: The crustacean-like Cambrian creature had a long, segmented body and an unholy number of legs that it used to scuttle across the ocean floor. But scientists are oohing and ahhing over the ugly arthropod anyway, and for good reason. The nervous system of one 520 million-year-old specimen shows some of the best and most well-preserved nerves ever seen in an animal of that era.According to a study published Monday in the Proceedings ..>> view originalThe cosmic hunt for Fast Radio Bursts just got a surprising new twist
One of the mysterious signals repeated, suggesting it might come from a pulsar like this one – but much stronger, and beyond our own galaxy. (EPA/NASA/Chandra X-ray Observatory) Last week, scientists reported a huge step in the hunt for mysterious cosmic phenomena known as Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). But now their results are being called into question by others in the field. Amid that controversy, a new paper has just hit the presses: For the first time ever, they've found an FRB that keeps r..>> view original
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