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Robotic stingray powered by light-activated muscle cells 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 13, 2016
Part machine and part living cells, this artificial stingray can be maneuvered through obstacle courses.

By Around the Web Editor
Drone pilot captures incredible footage of a whale pod hunting and killing a shark 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 8, 2016
A drone hobbyist manages to capture the incredible sight of a young shark being chased by killer whales.

By David Aragorn
Accelerating research into dark energy 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 8, 2016
“To uncover the nature of dark energy and the origin of our 14 billion year old accelerating universe, we have to compare the results from big studies to computational models of the universe,”

By David Aragorn
Has the LHC discovered a new particle?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 8, 2016
After its much heralded re-start last year, has the world’s biggest machine, the Large Hadron Collider, found a new particle?

By David Aragorn
Space junk cleanup mission prepares for launch 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 7, 2016
RemoveDebris operation will test a range of devices, including nets and harpoons, designed to sweep up litter orbiting Earth

By David Aragorn
The End Of Root Canals?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 7, 2016
Stem cell-stimulating fillings could change dentistry and save your teeth

By David Aragorn
A sharper focus for plasmonic lasers 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2016
In the past decade, researchers have attempted to miniaturize photonic technologies for dense integration onto tiny semiconductor chips. To that end there is intense activity in developing even smaller nanolasers, of which plasmonic lasers are the tiniest.

By David Aragorn
How research into glowing fungi could lead to trees lighting our streets 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2016
Bioluminescence, the peculiar ability of some organisms to behave like living night-lights, could be the key to some remarkable advances

By David Aragorn
CIA Director Admits Plans of Aerosol Spraying for Geo-engineering 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2016
“Another example is the array of technologies—often referred to collectively as geoengineering—that potentially could help reverse the warming effects of global climate change.”

By Around the Web Editor
Evolution may have moved at a furious pace on a much warmer Earth 0
- Another Point of View, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2016
Early life forms on Earth are likely to have mutated and evolved at much higher rates than they do today, suggests a new analysis from researchers at the University of North Carolina.

By David Aragorn