Category | Weird Science News

Rat-eating plant discovered in Philippines

Posted on 18 August 2009

A carnivorous plant that eats rats and insects has been discovered in the Philippines.

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Huge Robotic Fish Let Loose in Ocean

Posted on 26 March 2009

A school of robotic fish are being used to detect pollution in a Spanish port.

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Wii puts 10 people in hospital a week

Posted on 22 December 2008

TEN people a week in Britain are hospitalized from playing Wii games.

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Scientists Extract Images from Brain

Posted on 22 December 2008

Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor

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Online Dating for Rare Species

Posted on 30 September 2008

Just like digital dating services that pair up people, digital databases are now used to find matches for animals held in captivity.

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Strange New Marine Creatures Found in Australia

Posted on 22 September 2008

Hundreds of new marine creatures, including as many as 150 soft corals, have been discovered in three Australian reefs, scientists report.

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12 Year Old Boy May Have Solved Energy Crisis

Posted on 22 September 2008

William Yuan, a 12-year old boy from Beaverton, Oregon, has developed a new 3D solar cell which if it ever gets commercialized could seriously change the face of solar power.

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Google Maps Reveal That Cattle Graze North South

Posted on 20 September 2008

Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction.

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Mystery Ocean Glow Confirmed in Satellite Photos

Posted on 16 September 2008

Satellite images have provided the first pictures of a milky sea – a vast region of the Indian Ocean, about the size of Connecticut, glowing three nights in a row. The luminescence was also spotted from a ship in the area.

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Women Marry Their Fathers, Men Marry Their Mothers

Posted on 06 September 2008

A new European study of facial features adds to mounting evidence that a man tends to choose a girlfriend who resembles his mother, and a woman picks a boyfriend who looks like her father.

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Are Heated Car Seats Frying Your Sperm?

Posted on 29 August 2008

A new study suggests heated car seats are detrimental to men’s optimal sperm production.

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China Battles Weather With Military Campaign

Posted on 26 August 2008

Every year, China launches thousands of rockets and artillery shells into the sky. They’re not part of a set of war games or preparation for a battle with Taiwan, but a battle with the weather.

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Arctic ‘Doomsday Vault’ To Safeguard Earth’s Seeds

Posted on 26 August 2008

An Arctic Vault Will Protect Millions Of Seeds From Climate Change, War and Natural Disasters.

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