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Meet Robonaut 2, Your Future Coworker
Published: 2010-02-08 15:21:36Cutting-edge robots, recently unveiled by NASA and General Motors, will work next to humans on Earth and in space. Jorge Ribas reports on the twin machines dubbed Robonaut 2.
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Football Helmets Detect Concussions
Published: 2010-02-05 13:10:36A new padding design in football helmets doesn't just protect players' heads better, it can prevent serious injury. Kasey-Dee Gardner gets the scoop.
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Dump Truck Destroys Highway Bridge Explained
Published: 2010-02-04 12:21:36When a dump truck plowed through a pedestrian highway bridge in Turkey, we wondered how it was that nobody was seriously hurt. James Williams gets the explanation.
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Top 5 UFO Video Hoax Tips
Published: 2010-02-03 12:23:36Was that a UFO sighting...or a hoax? It turns out that crafting a UFO video hoax is quite easy if you know the right tricks. James Williams gets five tips from an UFO hoax video creator.
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NASA's Puffin: Your Personal Aircraft?
Published: 2010-02-02 13:21:36Engineers from the NASA Langley Research Center unveiled plans to build a personal flying machine that would run on a set of electric motors. Jorge Ribas reports on aptly named Puffin, which is still in the early stages of development.
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Ancient Roman Aqueduct Source Discovered
Published: 2010-02-01 12:50:36Two British filmmakers recently uncovered the long-lost source of Rome's ancient aqueduct. Rossella Lorenzi reports on the discovery.
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Who's Your Daddy? Sparrow Gets Around
Published: 2010-01-29 14:21:36The world's most promiscuous bird is a sparrow that lives in tidal marshes in the northeastern United States. Researchers found that in most nests, saltmarsh sparrow chicks had multiple fathers. Jorge Ribas gets the sordid details.
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Retro-Engineering
Published: 2010-01-28 11:21:36Flip a genetic switch and turn a bird into a dino? Not quite, but not so far off either. James Williams gets the story from paleontologist Jack Horner.
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What Will Aliens Look Like?
Published: 2010-01-27 12:30:36Will the real ET be little green men or little green bacteria? SETI Institute Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak theorizes what our first alien encounter might be like.
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Top 5 Reasons Europa Rocks
Published: 2010-01-26 12:40:36Mysteries abound on a bizarre moon orbiting Jupiter. James Williams counts down 5 reasons we're big fans of icy Europa.
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