Thursday, July 25, 2013

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2D planet lander and suspended animation get NASA cash
Paper-thin spacecraft and suspended animation for Mars trips are some of the weirder concepts backed by NASA


Storm warning: The winds of climate change
Faster winds are affecting how much heat and carbon dioxide the oceans soak up, with immense consequences for us all, finds Anil Ananthaswamy


Holiday reading: Gorge on the mistakes of others
Schadenfreude ahoy! Enjoy some of the biggest scientific slip-ups in books from Mario Livio, and Alfred Posamentier and Ingmar Lehmann


Forget RoboCop ? Detroit to turn green to regenerate
Bankruptcy filing could free Detroit from some of its debts and may help to drive radical ecological revitalisation plans


Robot air freshener blows bubbles for future homes
Giant scent-filled illuminated bubbles could freshen up the living room of the future, thanks to a robotic system managed by a simple computer


AI scores same as a 4-year-old in verbal IQ test
An artificial intelligence program that understands words has scored as high as a preschooler on an IQ test, paving the way for AI with common sense

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