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- Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes: Longer virtual limbs
- New robot has a human touch
- Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet
- New diamond harder than ring bling
- Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists
- Why plants eat feces when they could eat flesh
- Reindeer left hungry, shrinking in warming world
| Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes: Longer virtual limbs Posted: 12 Dec 2016 10:46 AM PST While many animals walk on the balls of their feet, humans use a heel-first stride. Researchers suggest that this gives humans the advantage of longer 'virtual limbs.' |
| Posted: 12 Dec 2016 10:46 AM PST Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. Scientists have now devised a way for a soft robot to feel its surroundings internally, in much the same way humans do. Stretchable optical waveguides act as curvature, elongation and force sensors in a soft robotic hand. |
| Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet Posted: 12 Dec 2016 08:58 AM PST Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1,000 light years away -- the first time ever that weather systems have been found on a gas giant outside our solar system -- according to new research. |
| New diamond harder than ring bling Posted: 12 Dec 2016 07:11 AM PST Scientists are working to make a diamond that's predicted to be harder than a jeweler's diamond and useful for cutting through ultra-solid materials on mining sites. |
| Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists Posted: 12 Dec 2016 06:53 AM PST Mozart may enhance a man's performance in board games - while AC/DC may hinder their chances, according to new research. |
| Why plants eat feces when they could eat flesh Posted: 12 Dec 2016 06:42 AM PST What drives a carnivorous plant to abandon eating meat in favor of a diet of bat feces? Ecologists believe they have the answer. Their ingenious study sheds new light on the evolution of mutualism. |
| Reindeer left hungry, shrinking in warming world Posted: 12 Dec 2016 05:46 AM PST Often portrayed as pulling Santa's sleigh, reindeer are a Christmas staple. Now, ecologists have found that reindeer are shrinking due to the impact of climate change on their food supplies. |
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