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A Robotic Arm That Picks Up Unfamiliar Objects With Great Precision and Places Them Where They Belong
Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a highly intelligent robotic arm that is able to gently pick up…
A Hot and Thirsty Koala Seeks Cool Refuge in the Air Conditioned Environment of a Winemaker’s Car
After checking to his family’s vineyard in South Australia, vintner Tim Withrow of Withrow Wines returned to his car and found that a hot and…
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The Kids of Hawkins Start to Grow Up During the Summer of 1985 in ‘Stranger Things’ Season Three
The third season of the wildly popular series Stranger Things takes place in the summer of 1985, where the kids of Hawkins, Indiana begin to…
TV Star and His Stunt Double Try to Break Into Film In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
In Quentin Tarantino‘s ninth feature film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, famous TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff…
Why Trees Stop Growing After a Certain Height
In an arboreal TED-Ed lesson written by Valentin Hammoudi and animated by Doug Alberts, narrator Addison Anderson explains the “hydraulic limitation hypothesis,”, which posits that…
The Disturbing Worldwide Phenomenon of Hat Man Appearing in Nightmares Before Sleep Paralysis Sets In
Corrinne Purtill reports on a disturbing phenomenon of a faceless man in a hat appearing in nightmares before sleep paralysis sets in.
Kitten Doesn’t Understand How a Dog’s Tail Works
A tiny little kitten who was sitting next to stately German shepherd was repeatedly hit in the face every time the dog’s tail swished. After…
Murphy the Molar, A Classic 1970s Animated Dental Health Character Created in Ontario, Canada
In the 1970s, the dental director of the Ontario Health Ministry created a loveable animated character named “Murphy the Molar” in order to encourage children…
A Cheeky Parrot Plays Peek-a-Boo With Neighbor’s Cat
A cheeky little parrot named Oscar plays peek-a-boo with the neighbor’s cat with the safety of the door between them.
The Transparent Larval Stage of a Developing Eel
Hashem Al-Ghaili of Science Nature posted a really informative video essay about the leptocephalus — the fascinating larval stage of developing eels. During this stage,…