Why scientists can’t get a laugh

Why scientists can’t get a laugh

A newly published survey of more than 500 science conference presentations across a two-year period set out to determine whether scientists are funny, which is itself funny, if not the most productive use of time. The results were about what you’d expect: two-thirds of attempts at humor garnered either polite chuckles or straight-up dead silence,…

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#MIT researchers creating robots that give birth to other robots

#MIT researchers creating robots that give birth to other robots

“MIT researchers creating robots that give birth to other robots” Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are building swarms of tiny robots that have built-in intelligence, allowing them to build structures, vehicles, or even larger versions of themselves.  The subunit of the robot, which is being developed at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, is called a…

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#Seal conservation efforts aided by facial recognition tech

#Seal conservation efforts aided by facial recognition tech

“Seal conservation efforts aided by facial recognition tech” A team of New York scientists may have sealed the deal on the conservation of one of Maine’s most recognized wild animals. The group of researchers out of Colgate University processed pictures of dozens of harbor seals in Casco Bay, on the state’s southern coast, then gathered…

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#NASA rover spots bizarre ‘wizard staff’ on Mars

#NASA rover spots bizarre ‘wizard staff’ on Mars

“NASA rover spots bizarre ‘wizard staff’ on Mars” Space observers have spotted an odd object on Mars that looks like something Gandalf would carry. The peculiar piece resembles a wizard’s staff with its crooked upright stance. It was seen by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been traveling across the Red Planet for almost a decade now. Fortunately,…

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#Creepy Marvel-style ‘mirror dimension’ might be real

#Creepy Marvel-style ‘mirror dimension’ might be real

“Creepy Marvel-style ‘mirror dimension’ might be real” While superheroes sit firmly in the realm of fiction, one bonkers feature of the Marvel cinematic universe may in fact prove to be real. Scientists have proposed the existence of a ghostly “mirror dimension” like the one featured in the Doctor Strange films. In the movies – which…

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#Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg’s conviction inquiry

#Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg’s conviction inquiry

“Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg’s conviction inquiry” CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian state attorney general on Wednesday declined to pardon a mother convicted almost 20 years ago of smothering her four children to death and instead ordered a new inquiry into whether there could be a medical explanation for the tragedies. The inquiry will be…

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#Alien jellyfish may be lurking in water on Jupiter’s moon

#Alien jellyfish may be lurking in water on Jupiter’s moon

“Alien jellyfish may be lurking in water on Jupiter’s moon” Killer alien jellyfish may be lurking in the water — near Jupiter. Experts say conditions are perfect for the fearsome floating stingers, which may be weirder and deadlier than our ones. Scientists studying newly formed “gashes” on icy Greenland found them eerily similar to terrain…

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