In 2000, Honda’s Asimo robot humiliated the Japanese car company by demonstrating how easily it could fall down a flight of stairs. It was, of course, supposed to walk up them. However, Honda unveiled a new, smarter, much improved Asimo robot last week in Tokyo.
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Iceland and France have teamed up to save French trees endangered by global warming. Officials are now discussing ways to transport and plant them in Iceland. They said they are focusing on trees from the French Alps and the
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According to conservation groups, the critically endangered Javan rhino is now extinct in Vietnam, after the last known rhino was killed for its horn last year. Experts said the news was not a surprise, as only one sighting had been recorded in Vietnam since 2008.
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From the mighty polar bear to the tiny California squirrel, many of Earth’s species are shrinking in size. However, while the authors of this new U.S. study believe that this phenomenon is due to global warming, other experts say that these changes may be occurring naturally
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The Altamira cave in Spain is a popular tourist destination. More than 14,000 years ago artists painted bison, deer, and their own handprints on the rock walls and ceilings. Although the cave is currently closed to the public, plans to reopen it by Spain’s Ministry
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Earlier this year, authorities in Hong Kong seized about 800 endangered pig-nosed turtles that were smuggled from Indonesia. Most of the baby turtles were just a few days old when they were rescued. Officials in Hong Kong temporarily sent the turtles to a conservation farm.
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For the first time ever, an Israeli research team uncovered freshwater springs and microbes - microscopic organisms - along the seafloor of the Dead Sea, the saltiest body of water on Earth. The researchers found that freshwater flows from steep-walled craters that are about
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According to a recent report, North Korea’s imports of luxury goods are increasing. North Korea spent more than $446 million on importing luxury items last year. The report is based on data compiled by South Korean and other foreign governments.
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Space junk has become a big problem and that an expert panel announced that we may need to think about ways to clean it up. In their new report, which was released last week, the panel suggests vacuuming the debris by using space versions of nets, magnets, and giant umbrellas. Since the space age began
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Last Tuesday, 16 food manufacturers in America promised to cut calories from their products in line with the First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign. The companies said they will reduce a total of one trillion calories by 2012 and 1.5 trillion calories by 2015. “They’ve
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