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Tongue Drives Wheelchair
A magnet-studded tongue is pressed to a dental retainer to control movement.
For the first time, buckyballs have been discovered in the cosmos in a solid form in the vicinity of a binary star system 6,500 light-years away.
Quotes, photos, purchases made, books read, etc., say something about a potential job candidate.
This is the first time anyone has deliberately manipulate bacteria to increase fuel cell electricity.
A brazen mass prison escape in Mexico recalls some equally radical prison breaks in history.
The eyeless creature lives in total darkness in caves, where it feeds on fungi and decomposing matter.
The prehistoric herd of about 13 walked through mud and left behind clues to how elephants lived millions of years ago.
New York may join several other states in the nation to take legal action against shark finning.
The man who leaked documents from a climate-change-denying think-tank reveals his identity. Ethical debates ensue.
Squid accelerate through the air like rockets, by forcefully squirting water out of their bodies.
The discovery of the rare earth element tellurium in 3 ancient stars helps astronomers piece together how heavy elements are formed and, ultimately, where we came from.
Samsung's Galaxy Note is laughably and awkwardly large. Did somebody there lose a bet?
Long before YouTube, cats were in the limelight.
Signal Snowboards takes their functional hybrid board for a test run on both snow and surf.
In preparation for the 2012 Olympics, London is pulling out all of the tech stops for visitors.
Wearers beware tighty-whities, tight jeans, high heels, cinched waists, tight ties and biking shorts!
The space telescope has taken a closer look at this alien world, revealing a brand new type of exoplanet.
Moonquakes detected by seismic sensors installed during the Apollo missions support the notion of recent activity on the moon.
A new magnetic system would recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as they drive along the highway.
Zapping out pedestrians from your landmark photos can be done with one shot.
Journalists everywhere bury their heads in their hands.
Remains of a dinosaur brooding in its nest have emerged from the red sandstones of the Gobi desert in Mongolia.
Fruit seeds stored away by squirrels more than 30,000 years ago and found in Siberian permafrost have been regenerated into full flowering plants.
Our species has a lot of pro-social tendencies, debunking the view that humans are competitive, aggressive and brutish in nature.
French teachers are turning Twitter into an educational tool.
By the end of the century, sea levels are predicted to rise by a meter along the North American west coast -- 'do-nothing' isn't an option.
The planet-sized moon Titan has all the trimmings of science fiction world with vast sand dune seas.
The special episode featured Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Technology allows a person to "talk with their hands" -- literally!
Robots take a stab at replacing Picasso.
An insanely impossible problem is becoming just merely difficult.
The meat is made from cows' stem cells.
They have a reputation for being ruthless, solitary predators, but the opposite may be closer to the truth.
Squashed eyeballs was one of the prime concerns for doctors during first U.S orbital spaceflights.
The latest round of time-lapse videos from the Space Station features a beautiful pass over Canada and northern US under the light of the moon.
When John Glenn was preparing for launch on the first U.S orbital spaceflight, he realized that his capsule would be passing over some parts of the world that might be inhabited by aborigines.
New evidence has emerged to support the controversial claim that Hitler had a son with a French teenager.
On Feb. 18, 1930, U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the ninth planet, Pluto. But 82 years later, as more Kuiper Belt objects are discovered, Pluto's planetary status has become a bit hazy.
Underwater footage taken by a remotely operated vehicle shows crumbling rocks and new deformation of the Concordia wreck.
The massive cruise liner is balancing on two rocks and has massive cracks.
Microsoft attacks Google Apps in 'Googlighting' video Microsoft has launched an open attack on Google Apps in a new online video called 'Googlighting'.
(telegraph technology)
Foreign journalists killed in Syria TWO Western journalists have been killed in the flashpoint city of Homs after Syrian security forces shelled a building.
(heraldsun world)
Space elevator that takes tourists 22k miles into orbit could be built within 40 years If created, up to 30 passengers at a time would spend a week travelling a quarter of a way to the moon at speeds of 120mph.
(dailymail sciencetech)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) release is ready for download.